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Message-Id: <20251017-jag-sysctl_jiffies-v1-2-175d81dfdf82@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:32:12 +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 2/7] sysctl: Move INT converter macros to sysctl header

Move direction macros (SYSCTL_{USER_TO_KERN,KERN_TO_USER}) and the
integer converter macros (SYSCTL_{USER_TO_KERN,KERN_TO_USER}_INT_CONV,
SYSCTL_INT_CONV_CUSTOM) into include/linux/sysctl.h. This is a
preparation commit to enable jiffies converter creation outside
kernel/sysctl.c.

Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <joel.granados@...nel.org>
---
 include/linux/sysctl.h | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/sysctl.c        | 75 --------------------------------------------------
 2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index ecc8d2345006ab12520f2f6ec37379419e9295d4..967a9ad6b4200266e2d9c6cfa9ee58fb8bf51090 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -59,6 +59,81 @@ extern const int sysctl_vals[];
 #define SYSCTL_LONG_ONE		((void *)&sysctl_long_vals[1])
 #define SYSCTL_LONG_MAX		((void *)&sysctl_long_vals[2])
 
+/**
+ *
+ * "dir" originates from read_iter (dir = 0) or write_iter (dir = 1)
+ * in the file_operations struct at proc/proc_sysctl.c. Its value means
+ * one of two things for sysctl:
+ * 1. SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(dir) Writing to an internal kernel variable from user
+ *                             space (dir > 0)
+ * 2. SYSCTL_KERN_TO_USER(dir) Writing to a user space buffer from a kernel
+ *                             variable (dir == 0).
+ */
+#define SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(dir) (!!(dir))
+#define SYSCTL_KERN_TO_USER(dir) (!dir)
+
+#define SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN_INT_CONV(name, u_ptr_op)		\
+int sysctl_user_to_kern_int_conv##name(const bool *negp,	\
+				       const unsigned long *u_ptr,\
+				       int *k_ptr)		\
+{								\
+	unsigned long u = u_ptr_op(*u_ptr);			\
+	if (*negp) {						\
+		if (u > (unsigned long) INT_MAX + 1)		\
+			return -EINVAL;				\
+		WRITE_ONCE(*k_ptr, -u);				\
+	} else {						\
+		if (u > (unsigned long) INT_MAX)		\
+			return -EINVAL;				\
+		WRITE_ONCE(*k_ptr, u);				\
+	}							\
+	return 0;						\
+}
+
+#define SYSCTL_KERN_TO_USER_INT_CONV(name, k_ptr_op)		\
+int sysctl_kern_to_user_int_conv##name(bool *negp,		\
+				       unsigned long *u_ptr,	\
+				       const int *k_ptr)	\
+{								\
+	int val = READ_ONCE(*k_ptr);				\
+	if (val < 0) {						\
+		*negp = true;					\
+		*u_ptr = -k_ptr_op((unsigned long)val);		\
+	} else {						\
+		*negp = false;					\
+		*u_ptr = k_ptr_op((unsigned long)val);		\
+	}							\
+	return 0;						\
+}
+
+/**
+ * To range check on a converted value, use a temp k_ptr
+ * When checking range, value should be within (tbl->extra1, tbl->extra2)
+ */
+#define SYSCTL_INT_CONV_CUSTOM(name, user_to_kern, kern_to_user,	\
+			       k_ptr_range_check)			\
+int do_proc_int_conv##name(bool *negp, unsigned long *u_ptr, int *k_ptr,\
+			   int dir, const struct ctl_table *tbl)	\
+{									\
+	if (SYSCTL_KERN_TO_USER(dir))					\
+		return kern_to_user(negp, u_ptr, k_ptr);		\
+									\
+	if (k_ptr_range_check) {					\
+		int tmp_k, ret;						\
+		if (!tbl)						\
+			return -EINVAL;					\
+		ret = user_to_kern(negp, u_ptr, &tmp_k);		\
+		if (ret)						\
+			return ret;					\
+		if ((tbl->extra1 && *(int *)tbl->extra1 > tmp_k) ||	\
+		    (tbl->extra2 && *(int *)tbl->extra2 < tmp_k))	\
+			return -EINVAL;					\
+		WRITE_ONCE(*k_ptr, tmp_k);				\
+	} else								\
+		return user_to_kern(negp, u_ptr, k_ptr);		\
+	return 0;							\
+}
+
 extern const unsigned long sysctl_long_vals[];
 
 typedef int proc_handler(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write, void *buffer,
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 6a6a2a6421f8debf75089548c82374619af32d61..70cf23d9834ef4e6b95ab80a3dc7a06237742793 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -30,19 +30,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_vals);
 const unsigned long sysctl_long_vals[] = { 0, 1, LONG_MAX };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysctl_long_vals);
 
-/**
- *
- * "dir" originates from read_iter (dir = 0) or write_iter (dir = 1)
- * in the file_operations struct at proc/proc_sysctl.c. Its value means
- * one of two things for sysctl:
- * 1. SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(dir) Writing to an internal kernel variable from user
- *                             space (dir > 0)
- * 2. SYSCTL_KERN_TO_USER(dir) Writing to a user space buffer from a kernel
- *                             variable (dir == 0).
- */
-#define SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(dir) (!!(dir))
-#define SYSCTL_KERN_TO_USER(dir) (!dir)
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
 
 /* Constants used for minimum and maximum */
@@ -368,68 +355,6 @@ static void proc_put_char(void **buf, size_t *size, char c)
 	}
 }
 
-#define SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN_INT_CONV(name, u_ptr_op)		\
-int sysctl_user_to_kern_int_conv##name(const bool *negp,	\
-				       const unsigned long *u_ptr,\
-				       int *k_ptr)		\
-{								\
-	unsigned long u = u_ptr_op(*u_ptr);			\
-	if (*negp) {						\
-		if (u > (unsigned long) INT_MAX + 1)		\
-			return -EINVAL;				\
-		WRITE_ONCE(*k_ptr, -u);				\
-	} else {						\
-		if (u > (unsigned long) INT_MAX)		\
-			return -EINVAL;				\
-		WRITE_ONCE(*k_ptr, u);				\
-	}							\
-	return 0;						\
-}
-
-#define SYSCTL_KERN_TO_USER_INT_CONV(name, k_ptr_op)		\
-int sysctl_kern_to_user_int_conv##name(bool *negp,		\
-				       unsigned long *u_ptr,	\
-				       const int *k_ptr)	\
-{								\
-	int val = READ_ONCE(*k_ptr);				\
-	if (val < 0) {						\
-		*negp = true;					\
-		*u_ptr = -k_ptr_op((unsigned long)val);		\
-	} else {						\
-		*negp = false;					\
-		*u_ptr = k_ptr_op((unsigned long)val);		\
-	}							\
-	return 0;						\
-}
-
-/**
- * To range check on a converted value, use a temp k_ptr
- * When checking range, value should be within (tbl->extra1, tbl->extra2)
- */
-#define SYSCTL_INT_CONV_CUSTOM(name, user_to_kern, kern_to_user,	\
-			       k_ptr_range_check)			\
-int do_proc_int_conv##name(bool *negp, unsigned long *u_ptr, int *k_ptr,\
-			   int dir, const struct ctl_table *tbl)	\
-{									\
-	if (SYSCTL_KERN_TO_USER(dir))					\
-		return kern_to_user(negp, u_ptr, k_ptr);		\
-									\
-	if (k_ptr_range_check) {					\
-		int tmp_k, ret;						\
-		if (!tbl)						\
-			return -EINVAL;					\
-		ret = user_to_kern(negp, u_ptr, &tmp_k);		\
-		if (ret)						\
-			return ret;					\
-		if ((tbl->extra1 && *(int *)tbl->extra1 > tmp_k) ||	\
-		    (tbl->extra2 && *(int *)tbl->extra2 < tmp_k))	\
-			return -EINVAL;					\
-		WRITE_ONCE(*k_ptr, tmp_k);				\
-	} else								\
-		return user_to_kern(negp, u_ptr, k_ptr);		\
-	return 0;							\
-}
-
 #define SYSCTL_CONV_IDENTITY(val) val
 #define SYSCTL_CONV_MULT_HZ(val) ((val) * HZ)
 #define SYSCTL_CONV_DIV_HZ(val) ((val) / HZ)

-- 
2.50.1



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