linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/7] sysctl: Allow custom converters from outside sysctl

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Message-Id: <20251017-jag-sysctl_jiffies-v1-1-175d81dfdf82@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:32:11 +0200
From: Joel Granados <joel.granados@...nel.org>
To: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, 
 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Joel Granados <joel.granados@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] sysctl: Allow custom converters from outside sysctl

The new non-static proc_dointvec_conv forwards a custom converter
function to do_proc_dointvec from outside the sysctl scope. Rename the
do_proc_dointvec call points so any future changes to proc_dointvec_conv
are propagated in sysctl.c This is a preparation commit that allows the
integer jiffie converter functions to move out of kernel/sysctl.c.

Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <joel.granados@...nel.org>
---
 include/linux/sysctl.h |  4 ++++
 kernel/sysctl.c        | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 2d3d6c141b0b0aee21f2708450b7b41d8041a8cb..ecc8d2345006ab12520f2f6ec37379419e9295d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ int proc_dostring(const struct ctl_table *, int, void *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 int proc_dobool(const struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
 		size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
 int proc_dointvec(const struct ctl_table *, int, void *, size_t *, loff_t *);
+int proc_dointvec_conv(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
+		       size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos,
+		       int (*conv)(bool *negp, unsigned long *u_ptr, int *k_ptr,
+				   int dir, const struct ctl_table *table));
 int proc_douintvec(const struct ctl_table *, int, void *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 int proc_dointvec_minmax(const struct ctl_table *, int, void *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 int proc_douintvec_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 55d12d22a3cc476c6595b50100eef53251dac80a..6a6a2a6421f8debf75089548c82374619af32d61 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1005,6 +1005,14 @@ int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
 					 lenp, ppos, HZ, 1000l);
 }
 
+int proc_dointvec_conv(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
+		       size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos,
+		       int (*conv)(bool *negp, unsigned long *u_ptr, int *k_ptr,
+				   int dir, const struct ctl_table *table))
+{
+	return do_proc_dointvec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, conv);
+}
+
 /**
  * proc_dointvec_jiffies - read a vector of integers as seconds
  * @table: the sysctl table
@@ -1023,15 +1031,15 @@ int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
 int proc_dointvec_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
 			  void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	return do_proc_dointvec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos,
-				do_proc_int_conv_jiffies);
+	return proc_dointvec_conv(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos,
+				  do_proc_int_conv_jiffies);
 }
 
 int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
 			  void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	return do_proc_dointvec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos,
-			do_proc_int_conv_ms_jiffies_minmax);
+	return proc_dointvec_conv(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos,
+				  do_proc_int_conv_ms_jiffies_minmax);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1054,8 +1062,8 @@ int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
 {
 	if (USER_HZ < HZ)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	return do_proc_dointvec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos,
-				do_proc_int_conv_userhz_jiffies);
+	return proc_dointvec_conv(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos,
+				  do_proc_int_conv_userhz_jiffies);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1076,8 +1084,8 @@ int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
 int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
 		size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	return do_proc_dointvec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos,
-				do_proc_int_conv_ms_jiffies);
+	return proc_dointvec_conv(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos,
+				  do_proc_int_conv_ms_jiffies);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1307,6 +1315,14 @@ int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
+int proc_dointvec_conv(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
+		       size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos,
+		       int (*conv)(bool *negp, unsigned long *u_ptr, int *k_ptr,
+				   int dir, const struct ctl_table *table))
+{
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
 int proc_do_large_bitmap(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
 			 void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {

-- 
2.50.1