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* [PATCH 00/11] Convert moduleparams to seq_buf
@ 2026-05-21 13:33 Kees Cook
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 01/11] params: bound array element output to the caller's page buffer Kees Cook
                   ` (10 more replies)
  0 siblings, 11 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Kees Cook @ 2026-05-21 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luis Chamberlain
  Cc: Kees Cook, Pengpeng Hou, Petr Pavlu, Richard Weinberger,
	Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg, Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown,
	Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo, Michael S. Tsirkin, Jani Nikula,
	Joonas Lahtinen, Rodrigo Vivi, Tvrtko Ursulin, David Airlie,
	Simona Vetter, Bart Van Assche, Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky,
	Laurent Pinchart, Hans de Goede, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
	Bjorn Helgaas, Hannes Reinecke, James E.J. Bottomley,
	Martin K. Petersen, Daniel Lezcano, Zhang Rui, Lukasz Luba,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby, Alan Stern, Jason Wang, Xuan Zhuo,
	Eugenio Pérez, Jason Baron, Jim Cromie, Tiwei Bie,
	Benjamin Berg, Ilpo Järvinen, David E. Box,
	Maciej W. Rozycki, Srinivas Pandruvada, Peter Zijlstra,
	Heiko Carstens, Vasily Gorbik, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini,
	Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86,
	H. Peter Anvin, Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen,
	Aaron Tomlin, Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov,
	Andrew Morton, John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris,
	Serge E. Hallyn, Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine,
	linux-modules, kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor,
	linux-security-module, linux-um, linux-acpi, openipmi-developer,
	qemu-devel, intel-gfx, dri-devel, linux-rdma, linux-media,
	linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm, linuxppc-dev, linux-serial,
	linux-usb, usb-storage, virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch,
	netdev, linux-fsdevel, linux-hardening

Hi,

I tried to trim the CC list here, but it's still pretty huge...

We've had a long-standing issue with "write to a string pointer" callbacks
that don't bounds check the destination (and for which the bounds is
also not part of the callback prototype, even if it is "known" to be
PAGE_SIZE, which sysfs_emit() depends on). Both moduleparams and sysfs
use this pattern. As a first step, and to test the migration method,
migrate moduleparams first.

There are 2 "mechanical" treewide patches that are handled by Coccinelle:
- treewide: Convert struct kernel_param_ops initializers to DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS
- treewide: Convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks to seq_buf via cocci

The last treewide patch is manual, and may need to be broken up into
per-subsystem patches, though I'd prefer to avoid this, as it would
extend the migration from 1 relase to at least 2 releases. (1 to
release the migration infrastructure, then 1 release to collect all the
subsystem changes, and possibly 1 more release to remove the migration
infrastructure.)

Thoughts, questions?

-Kees

Kees Cook (10):
  panic: Replace panic_print_get() with generic helper
  moduleparam: Add DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS macro family
  treewide: Convert struct kernel_param_ops initializers to
    DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS
  moduleparam: Rename .get field to .get_str
  moduleparam: Add seq_buf-based .get callback alongside .get_str
  moduleparam: Route DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS get pointer via _Generic
  params: Convert generic kernel_param_ops .get helpers to seq_buf
  treewide: Convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks to seq_buf
    via cocci
  treewide: Manually convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks
  moduleparam: Drop legacy kernel_param_ops .get_str field and dispatch
    logic

Pengpeng Hou (1):
  params: bound array element output to the caller's page buffer

 include/linux/dynamic_debug.h                 |   8 +-
 include/linux/moduleparam.h                   |  65 +++++++---
 security/apparmor/include/lib.h               |   3 +-
 mm/kfence/core.c                              |  15 ++-
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c                  |   5 +-
 arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c               |  12 +-
 arch/um/drivers/vfio_kern.c                   |   9 +-
 arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c                  |  18 +--
 arch/x86/kernel/msr.c                         |  11 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c                        |  28 ++--
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c                       |  14 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c                        |  24 ++--
 arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c                 |  24 ++--
 block/disk-events.c                           |   6 +-
 drivers/acpi/button.c                         |  19 ++-
 drivers/acpi/ec.c                             |  14 +-
 drivers/acpi/sysfs.c                          | 114 ++++++++--------
 drivers/block/loop.c                          |  12 +-
 drivers/block/null_blk/main.c                 |  12 +-
 drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv.c                 |   6 +-
 drivers/block/ublk_drv.c                      |  12 +-
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c           |  12 +-
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c             |  50 +++----
 drivers/crypto/hisilicon/hpre/hpre_main.c     |  16 +--
 drivers/crypto/hisilicon/sec2/sec_main.c      |  23 +---
 drivers/crypto/hisilicon/zip/zip_crypto.c     |   5 +-
 drivers/crypto/hisilicon/zip/zip_main.c       |  21 +--
 drivers/dma/dmatest.c                         |  34 ++---
 drivers/edac/i10nm_base.c                     |   6 +-
 drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c             |   6 +-
 drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c              |  18 +--
 drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c                |  40 +++---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c                   |  13 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mitigations.c       |  31 ++---
 drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw_trace.c    |   6 +-
 drivers/hid/hid-cougar.c                      |   6 +-
 drivers/hid/hid-steam.c                       |   6 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c           |  12 +-
 drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c      |   6 +-
 drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c       |   6 +-
 drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c           |  12 +-
 drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c         |   5 +-
 drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c              |  23 ++--
 drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c            |  15 ++-
 drivers/md/md.c                               |   5 +-
 drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-core.c        |   6 +-
 drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c            |  14 +-
 drivers/misc/lis3lv02d/lis3lv02d.c            |   5 +-
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c       |  10 +-
 drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c                 |  17 +--
 drivers/nvme/host/pci.c                       |  18 +--
 drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c                    |   5 +-
 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c                     |   5 +-
 drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c                       |  17 ++-
 drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c                |   5 +-
 drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery.c        |   6 +-
 drivers/power/supply/test_power.c             | 122 +++++++++---------
 drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_transport.c            |  22 ++--
 drivers/scsi/sg.c                             |   6 +-
 drivers/target/target_core_user.c             |  25 ++--
 .../processor_thermal_soc_slider.c            |  24 ++--
 drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c      |  34 ++---
 drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_iucv.c                    |  24 ++--
 drivers/tty/sysrq.c                           |   6 +-
 drivers/ufs/core/ufs-fault-injection.c        |  12 +-
 drivers/ufs/core/ufs-mcq.c                    |  18 +--
 drivers/ufs/core/ufs-txeq.c                   |   5 +-
 drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c                     |  12 +-
 drivers/usb/core/quirks.c                     |   6 +-
 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/serial.c            |   5 +-
 drivers/usb/storage/usb.c                     |  25 ++--
 drivers/vhost/scsi.c                          |  12 +-
 drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves/ne_misc_dev.c     |   6 +-
 drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c                  |  27 ++--
 fs/ceph/super.c                               |  10 +-
 fs/fuse/dir.c                                 |   5 +-
 fs/nfs/namespace.c                            |  12 +-
 fs/nfs/super.c                                |   6 +-
 fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c                        |   5 +-
 fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c                        |   5 +-
 fs/ubifs/super.c                              |   6 +-
 kernel/locking/locktorture.c                  |  12 +-
 kernel/panic.c                                |  11 +-
 kernel/params.c                               | 122 +++++++++---------
 kernel/power/hibernate.c                      |   6 +-
 kernel/rcu/tree.c                             |  24 ++--
 kernel/sched/ext.c                            |  11 +-
 kernel/workqueue.c                            |  18 ++-
 lib/dynamic_debug.c                           |  16 ++-
 lib/test_dynamic_debug.c                      |  12 +-
 mm/damon/lru_sort.c                           |  33 +++--
 mm/damon/reclaim.c                            |  33 +++--
 mm/damon/stat.c                               |  16 +--
 mm/memory_hotplug.c                           |  30 +++--
 mm/page_reporting.c                           |  11 +-
 mm/shuffle.c                                  |   6 +-
 mm/zswap.c                                    |  14 +-
 net/batman-adv/bat_algo.c                     |   6 +-
 net/ceph/ceph_common.c                        |  10 +-
 net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c                          |   6 +-
 net/sunrpc/auth.c                             |  12 +-
 net/sunrpc/svc.c                              |   5 +-
 net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c                         |  18 +--
 samples/damon/mtier.c                         |   6 +-
 samples/damon/prcl.c                          |   6 +-
 samples/damon/wsse.c                          |   6 +-
 security/apparmor/lib.c                       |  27 ++--
 security/apparmor/lsm.c                       |  75 +++++------
 sound/hda/controllers/intel.c                 |   5 +-
 sound/usb/card.c                              |   7 +-
 110 files changed, 854 insertions(+), 1066 deletions(-)

-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH 01/11] params: bound array element output to the caller's page buffer
  2026-05-21 13:33 [PATCH 00/11] Convert moduleparams to seq_buf Kees Cook
@ 2026-05-21 13:33 ` Kees Cook
  2026-05-21 16:46   ` David Laight
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 02/11] panic: Replace panic_print_get() with generic helper Kees Cook
                   ` (9 subsequent siblings)
  10 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread
From: Kees Cook @ 2026-05-21 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luis Chamberlain
  Cc: Kees Cook, Pengpeng Hou, stable, Petr Pavlu, Richard Weinberger,
	Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg, Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown,
	Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo, Michael S. Tsirkin, Jani Nikula,
	Joonas Lahtinen, Rodrigo Vivi, Tvrtko Ursulin, David Airlie,
	Simona Vetter, Bart Van Assche, Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky,
	Laurent Pinchart, Hans de Goede, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
	Bjorn Helgaas, Hannes Reinecke, James E.J. Bottomley,
	Martin K. Petersen, Daniel Lezcano, Zhang Rui, Lukasz Luba,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby, Alan Stern, Jason Wang, Xuan Zhuo,
	Eugenio Pérez, Jason Baron, Jim Cromie, Tiwei Bie,
	Benjamin Berg, Ilpo Järvinen, David E. Box,
	Maciej W. Rozycki, Srinivas Pandruvada, Peter Zijlstra,
	Heiko Carstens, Vasily Gorbik, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini,
	Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86,
	H. Peter Anvin, Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen,
	Aaron Tomlin, Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov,
	Andrew Morton, John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris,
	Serge E. Hallyn, Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine,
	linux-modules, kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor,
	linux-security-module, linux-um, linux-acpi, openipmi-developer,
	qemu-devel, intel-gfx, dri-devel, linux-rdma, linux-media,
	linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm, linuxppc-dev, linux-serial,
	linux-usb, usb-storage, virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch,
	netdev, linux-fsdevel, linux-hardening

From: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>

param_array_get() appends each element's string representation into the
shared sysfs page buffer by passing buffer + off to the element getter.

That works for getters that only write a small bounded string, but
param_get_charp() and similar helpers format against PAGE_SIZE from the
pointer they receive. Once off is non-zero, an element getter can
therefore write past the end of the original sysfs page buffer.

Collect each element into a temporary PAGE_SIZE buffer first and then
copy only the remaining space into the caller's page buffer.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/params.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 74d620bc2521..752721922a15 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -475,22 +475,36 @@ static int param_array_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 static int param_array_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	int i, off, ret;
+	char *elem_buf;
 	const struct kparam_array *arr = kp->arr;
 	struct kernel_param p = *kp;
 
+	elem_buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!elem_buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	for (i = off = 0; i < (arr->num ? *arr->num : arr->max); i++) {
-		/* Replace \n with comma */
-		if (i)
-			buffer[off - 1] = ',';
 		p.arg = arr->elem + arr->elemsize * i;
 		check_kparam_locked(p.mod);
-		ret = arr->ops->get(buffer + off, &p);
+		ret = arr->ops->get(elem_buf, &p);
 		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
+			goto out;
+		ret = min(ret, (int)(PAGE_SIZE - 1 - off));
+		if (!ret)
+			break;
+		/* Replace the previous element's trailing newline with a comma. */
+		if (i)
+			buffer[off - 1] = ',';
+		memcpy(buffer + off, elem_buf, ret);
 		off += ret;
+		if (off == PAGE_SIZE - 1)
+			break;
 	}
 	buffer[off] = '\0';
-	return off;
+	ret = off;
+out:
+	kfree(elem_buf);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void param_array_free(void *arg)
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH 02/11] panic: Replace panic_print_get() with generic helper
  2026-05-21 13:33 [PATCH 00/11] Convert moduleparams to seq_buf Kees Cook
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 01/11] params: bound array element output to the caller's page buffer Kees Cook
@ 2026-05-21 13:33 ` Kees Cook
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 03/11] moduleparam: Add DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS macro family Kees Cook
                   ` (8 subsequent siblings)
  10 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Kees Cook @ 2026-05-21 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luis Chamberlain
  Cc: Kees Cook, Pengpeng Hou, Petr Pavlu, Richard Weinberger,
	Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg, Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown,
	Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo, Michael S. Tsirkin, Jani Nikula,
	Joonas Lahtinen, Rodrigo Vivi, Tvrtko Ursulin, David Airlie,
	Simona Vetter, Bart Van Assche, Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky,
	Laurent Pinchart, Hans de Goede, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
	Bjorn Helgaas, Hannes Reinecke, James E.J. Bottomley,
	Martin K. Petersen, Daniel Lezcano, Zhang Rui, Lukasz Luba,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby, Alan Stern, Jason Wang, Xuan Zhuo,
	Eugenio Pérez, Jason Baron, Jim Cromie, Tiwei Bie,
	Benjamin Berg, Ilpo Järvinen, David E. Box,
	Maciej W. Rozycki, Srinivas Pandruvada, Peter Zijlstra,
	Heiko Carstens, Vasily Gorbik, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini,
	Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86,
	H. Peter Anvin, Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen,
	Aaron Tomlin, Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov,
	Andrew Morton, John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris,
	Serge E. Hallyn, Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine,
	linux-modules, kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor,
	linux-security-module, linux-um, linux-acpi, openipmi-developer,
	qemu-devel, intel-gfx, dri-devel, linux-rdma, linux-media,
	linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm, linuxppc-dev, linux-serial,
	linux-usb, usb-storage, virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch,
	netdev, linux-fsdevel, linux-hardening

Since panic_print_get() just calls the ulong helper directly, there is
no need for it to exist as a wrapper.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/panic.c | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 20feada5319d..42e5ebde4585 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -1214,14 +1214,9 @@ static int panic_print_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return  param_set_ulong(val, kp);
 }
 
-static int panic_print_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
-{
-	return  param_get_ulong(val, kp);
-}
-
 static const struct kernel_param_ops panic_print_ops = {
 	.set	= panic_print_set,
-	.get	= panic_print_get,
+	.get	= param_get_ulong,
 };
 __core_param_cb(panic_print, &panic_print_ops, &panic_print, 0644);
 
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH 03/11] moduleparam: Add DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS macro family
  2026-05-21 13:33 [PATCH 00/11] Convert moduleparams to seq_buf Kees Cook
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 01/11] params: bound array element output to the caller's page buffer Kees Cook
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 02/11] panic: Replace panic_print_get() with generic helper Kees Cook
@ 2026-05-21 13:33 ` Kees Cook
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 04/11] treewide: Convert struct kernel_param_ops initializers to DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS Kees Cook
                   ` (7 subsequent siblings)
  10 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Kees Cook @ 2026-05-21 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luis Chamberlain
  Cc: Kees Cook, Pengpeng Hou, Petr Pavlu, Richard Weinberger,
	Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg, Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown,
	Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo, Michael S. Tsirkin, Jani Nikula,
	Joonas Lahtinen, Rodrigo Vivi, Tvrtko Ursulin, David Airlie,
	Simona Vetter, Bart Van Assche, Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky,
	Laurent Pinchart, Hans de Goede, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
	Bjorn Helgaas, Hannes Reinecke, James E.J. Bottomley,
	Martin K. Petersen, Daniel Lezcano, Zhang Rui, Lukasz Luba,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby, Alan Stern, Jason Wang, Xuan Zhuo,
	Eugenio Pérez, Jason Baron, Jim Cromie, Tiwei Bie,
	Benjamin Berg, Ilpo Järvinen, David E. Box,
	Maciej W. Rozycki, Srinivas Pandruvada, Peter Zijlstra,
	Heiko Carstens, Vasily Gorbik, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini,
	Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86,
	H. Peter Anvin, Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen,
	Aaron Tomlin, Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov,
	Andrew Morton, John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris,
	Serge E. Hallyn, Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine,
	linux-modules, kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor,
	linux-security-module, linux-um, linux-acpi, openipmi-developer,
	qemu-devel, intel-gfx, dri-devel, linux-rdma, linux-media,
	linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm, linuxppc-dev, linux-serial,
	linux-usb, usb-storage, virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch,
	netdev, linux-fsdevel, linux-hardening

Add macros that define a struct kernel_param_ops initializer through a
macro so the underlying field layout can evolve without touching every
call site. Three variants cover the three cases:

 DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(name, set, get) // basic
 DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_NOARG(name, set, get) // set KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG
 DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FREE(name, set, get, free) // also set .free

Callers prefix their own visibility qualifiers, e.g.:

  static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(my_ops, my_set, my_get);

Also update module_param_call() and STANDARD_PARAM_DEF() to use
DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS internally so the generated ops table will go
through the same macro as everything else.

Subsequent commits convert all open-coded struct kernel_param_ops
definitions to use these macros, in preparation for migrating to a
seq_buf .get API.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/moduleparam.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 kernel/params.c             |  6 ++----
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index 075f28585074..26bf45b36d02 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -68,6 +68,39 @@ struct kernel_param_ops {
 	void (*free)(void *arg);
 };
 
+/*
+ * Define a const struct kernel_param_ops initializer. Callers prefix with
+ * any required visibility qualifiers (typically "static"):
+ *
+ *   static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(my_ops, my_set, my_get);
+ *
+ * Routing the @_set and @_get function pointers through the macro
+ * (rather than naming the struct fields at every call site) lets the
+ * field layout change in one place when callbacks are migrated to a
+ * new signature.
+ */
+#define DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(_name, _set, _get)			\
+	const struct kernel_param_ops _name = {				\
+		.set = (_set),						\
+		.get = (_get),						\
+	}
+
+/* As DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS, with KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG set. */
+#define DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_NOARG(_name, _set, _get)		\
+	const struct kernel_param_ops _name = {				\
+		.flags = KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG,			\
+		.set = (_set),						\
+		.get = (_get),						\
+	}
+
+/* As DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS, with an additional .free callback. */
+#define DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FREE(_name, _set, _get, _free)		\
+	const struct kernel_param_ops _name = {				\
+		.set = (_set),						\
+		.get = (_get),						\
+		.free = (_free),					\
+	}
+
 /*
  * Flags available for kernel_param
  *
@@ -311,8 +344,7 @@ struct kparam_array
  * kernel_param_ops), use module_param_cb() instead.
  */
 #define module_param_call(name, _set, _get, arg, perm)			\
-	static const struct kernel_param_ops __param_ops_##name =	\
-		{ .flags = 0, .set = _set, .get = _get };		\
+	static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(__param_ops_##name, _set, _get); \
 	__module_param_call(MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX,			\
 			    name, &__param_ops_##name, arg, perm, -1, 0)
 
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 752721922a15..2cbad1f4dd06 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -222,10 +222,8 @@ char *parse_args(const char *doing,
 		return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, format "\n",	\
 				*((type *)kp->arg));			\
 	}								\
-	const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_##name = {			\
-		.set = param_set_##name,				\
-		.get = param_get_##name,				\
-	};								\
+	DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_##name,			\
+				param_set_##name, param_get_##name);	\
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_set_##name);				\
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_get_##name);				\
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_ops_##name)
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH 04/11] treewide: Convert struct kernel_param_ops initializers to DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS
  2026-05-21 13:33 [PATCH 00/11] Convert moduleparams to seq_buf Kees Cook
                   ` (2 preceding siblings ...)
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 03/11] moduleparam: Add DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS macro family Kees Cook
@ 2026-05-21 13:33 ` Kees Cook
  2026-05-21 13:59   ` Sean Christopherson
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 05/11] moduleparam: Rename .get field to .get_str Kees Cook
                   ` (6 subsequent siblings)
  10 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread
From: Kees Cook @ 2026-05-21 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luis Chamberlain
  Cc: Kees Cook, Pengpeng Hou, Petr Pavlu, Richard Weinberger,
	Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg, Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown,
	Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo, Michael S. Tsirkin, Jani Nikula,
	Joonas Lahtinen, Rodrigo Vivi, Tvrtko Ursulin, David Airlie,
	Simona Vetter, Bart Van Assche, Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky,
	Laurent Pinchart, Hans de Goede, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
	Bjorn Helgaas, Hannes Reinecke, James E.J. Bottomley,
	Martin K. Petersen, Daniel Lezcano, Zhang Rui, Lukasz Luba,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby, Alan Stern, Jason Wang, Xuan Zhuo,
	Eugenio Pérez, Jason Baron, Jim Cromie, Tiwei Bie,
	Benjamin Berg, Ilpo Järvinen, David E. Box,
	Maciej W. Rozycki, Srinivas Pandruvada, Peter Zijlstra,
	Heiko Carstens, Vasily Gorbik, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini,
	Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86,
	H. Peter Anvin, Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen,
	Aaron Tomlin, Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov,
	Andrew Morton, John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris,
	Serge E. Hallyn, Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine,
	linux-modules, kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor,
	linux-security-module, linux-um, linux-acpi, openipmi-developer,
	qemu-devel, intel-gfx, dri-devel, linux-rdma, linux-media,
	linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm, linuxppc-dev, linux-serial,
	linux-usb, usb-storage, virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch,
	netdev, linux-fsdevel, linux-hardening

Using Coccinelle, rewrite every struct kernel_param_ops initializer that
sets .get into a DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS-family macro invocation,
for example:

@@
declarer name DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS;
identifier OPS;
expression SET, GET;
@@
- const struct kernel_param_ops OPS = {
-       .set = SET,
-       .get = GET,
- };
+ DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(OPS, SET, GET);

Using the macro for initialization means future changes can manipulate
the struct layout and callback prototypes without having to change every
initializer.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
 mm/kfence/core.c                              |  7 +-
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c                  |  5 +-
 arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c               |  6 +-
 arch/um/drivers/vfio_kern.c                   |  6 +-
 arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c                  |  6 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/msr.c                         |  6 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c                        | 12 +--
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c                       |  6 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c                        |  6 +-
 arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c                 | 12 +--
 block/disk-events.c                           |  6 +-
 drivers/acpi/sysfs.c                          | 25 +++----
 drivers/block/loop.c                          | 12 +--
 drivers/block/null_blk/main.c                 | 12 +--
 drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv.c                 |  6 +-
 drivers/block/ublk_drv.c                      |  7 +-
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c           |  6 +-
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c             | 17 ++---
 drivers/crypto/hisilicon/hpre/hpre_main.c     | 16 +---
 drivers/crypto/hisilicon/sec2/sec_main.c      | 23 ++----
 drivers/crypto/hisilicon/zip/zip_crypto.c     |  5 +-
 drivers/crypto/hisilicon/zip/zip_main.c       | 21 ++----
 drivers/dma/dmatest.c                         | 20 ++---
 drivers/edac/i10nm_base.c                     |  6 +-
 drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c             |  6 +-
 drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c              |  6 +-
 drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c                |  6 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c                   |  6 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mitigations.c       |  5 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw_trace.c    |  6 +-
 drivers/hid/hid-cougar.c                      |  6 +-
 drivers/hid/hid-steam.c                       |  6 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c           |  5 +-
 drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c      |  6 +-
 drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c       |  6 +-
 drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c           |  5 +-
 drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c              | 13 ++--
 drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c            |  6 +-
 drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c            |  6 +-
 drivers/misc/lis3lv02d/lis3lv02d.c            |  5 +-
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c       | 10 +--
 drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c                 | 12 +--
 drivers/nvme/host/pci.c                       | 18 ++---
 drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c                    |  5 +-
 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c                     |  5 +-
 drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c                |  5 +-
 drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery.c        |  6 +-
 drivers/power/supply/test_power.c             | 75 ++++++++-----------
 drivers/scsi/sg.c                             |  6 +-
 drivers/target/target_core_user.c             | 13 ++--
 .../processor_thermal_soc_slider.c            | 12 +--
 drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c      | 20 +----
 drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_iucv.c                    |  6 +-
 drivers/tty/sysrq.c                           |  6 +-
 drivers/ufs/core/ufs-fault-injection.c        |  5 +-
 drivers/ufs/core/ufs-mcq.c                    | 18 ++---
 drivers/ufs/core/ufs-txeq.c                   |  5 +-
 drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c                     | 12 +--
 drivers/usb/core/quirks.c                     |  6 +-
 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/serial.c            |  5 +-
 drivers/usb/storage/usb.c                     |  5 +-
 drivers/vhost/scsi.c                          |  7 +-
 drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves/ne_misc_dev.c     |  6 +-
 drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c                  |  6 +-
 fs/ceph/super.c                               | 10 +--
 fs/fuse/dir.c                                 |  5 +-
 fs/nfs/namespace.c                            |  6 +-
 fs/nfs/super.c                                |  6 +-
 fs/ubifs/super.c                              |  6 +-
 kernel/locking/locktorture.c                  |  6 +-
 kernel/panic.c                                |  6 +-
 kernel/params.c                               | 44 +++--------
 kernel/power/hibernate.c                      |  6 +-
 kernel/rcu/tree.c                             | 18 ++---
 kernel/sched/ext.c                            | 11 +--
 kernel/workqueue.c                            | 12 +--
 lib/dynamic_debug.c                           |  6 +-
 lib/test_dynamic_debug.c                      |  6 +-
 mm/damon/lru_sort.c                           | 19 ++---
 mm/damon/reclaim.c                            | 19 ++---
 mm/damon/stat.c                               |  6 +-
 mm/memory_hotplug.c                           | 12 +--
 mm/page_reporting.c                           | 11 +--
 mm/shuffle.c                                  |  6 +-
 mm/zswap.c                                    | 14 ++--
 net/batman-adv/bat_algo.c                     |  6 +-
 net/ceph/ceph_common.c                        |  5 +-
 net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c                          |  6 +-
 net/sunrpc/auth.c                             |  6 +-
 net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c                         | 18 ++---
 samples/damon/mtier.c                         |  6 +-
 samples/damon/prcl.c                          |  6 +-
 samples/damon/wsse.c                          |  6 +-
 security/apparmor/lsm.c                       | 34 +++------
 sound/hda/controllers/intel.c                 |  5 +-
 sound/usb/card.c                              |  7 +-
 96 files changed, 307 insertions(+), 660 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/kfence/core.c b/mm/kfence/core.c
index 655dc5ce3240..e14102c01520 100644
--- a/mm/kfence/core.c
+++ b/mm/kfence/core.c
@@ -92,10 +92,9 @@ static int param_get_sample_interval(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp
 	return param_get_ulong(buffer, kp);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops sample_interval_param_ops = {
-	.set = param_set_sample_interval,
-	.get = param_get_sample_interval,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(sample_interval_param_ops,
+			       param_set_sample_interval,
+			       param_get_sample_interval);
 module_param_cb(sample_interval, &sample_interval_param_ops, &kfence_sample_interval, 0600);
 
 /* Pool usage% threshold when currently covered allocations are skipped. */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 61dbeea317f3..0c15f0426671 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -114,10 +114,7 @@ module_param(one_vm_per_core, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(one_vm_per_core, "Only run vCPUs from the same VM on a core (requires POWER8 or older)");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_XICS
-static const struct kernel_param_ops module_param_ops = {
-	.set = param_set_int,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(module_param_ops, param_set_int, param_get_int);
 
 module_param_cb(kvm_irq_bypass, &module_param_ops, &kvm_irq_bypass, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(kvm_irq_bypass, "Bypass passthrough interrupt optimization");
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
index 7bfeb5208177..76119542562b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
@@ -2029,10 +2029,8 @@ static int param_set_sfb_size(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 
 #define param_check_sfb_size(name, p) __param_check(name, p, void)
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_sfb_size = {
-	.set = param_set_sfb_size,
-	.get = param_get_sfb_size,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_sfb_size, param_set_sfb_size,
+			       param_get_sfb_size);
 
 enum {
 	RS_INIT_FAILURE_BSDES	= 2,	/* Bad basic sampling size */
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/vfio_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/vfio_kern.c
index e6dab473cde4..fb7988dc5482 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/vfio_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/vfio_kern.c
@@ -628,10 +628,8 @@ static int uml_vfio_cmdline_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops uml_vfio_cmdline_param_ops = {
-	.set = uml_vfio_cmdline_set,
-	.get = uml_vfio_cmdline_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(uml_vfio_cmdline_param_ops, uml_vfio_cmdline_set,
+			       uml_vfio_cmdline_get);
 
 device_param_cb(device, &uml_vfio_cmdline_param_ops, NULL, 0400);
 __uml_help(uml_vfio_cmdline_param_ops,
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c b/arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c
index 7425a8548141..f9ae745f4586 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c
@@ -1398,10 +1398,8 @@ static int vu_cmdline_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return strlen(buffer) + 1;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops vu_cmdline_param_ops = {
-	.set = vu_cmdline_set,
-	.get = vu_cmdline_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(vu_cmdline_param_ops, vu_cmdline_set,
+			       vu_cmdline_get);
 
 device_param_cb(device, &vu_cmdline_param_ops, NULL, S_IRUSR);
 __uml_help(vu_cmdline_param_ops,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
index 4469c784eaa0..5f4e1814dc4d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
@@ -322,10 +322,8 @@ static int get_allow_writes(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", res);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops allow_writes_ops = {
-	.set = set_allow_writes,
-	.get = get_allow_writes
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(allow_writes_ops, set_allow_writes,
+			       get_allow_writes);
 
 module_param_cb(allow_writes, &allow_writes_ops, NULL, 0600);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 24fbc9ea502a..996818ee9b09 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -74,15 +74,11 @@ static int get_nx_huge_pages(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int set_nx_huge_pages(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int set_nx_huge_pages_recovery_param(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops nx_huge_pages_ops = {
-	.set = set_nx_huge_pages,
-	.get = get_nx_huge_pages,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(nx_huge_pages_ops, set_nx_huge_pages,
+			       get_nx_huge_pages);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops nx_huge_pages_recovery_param_ops = {
-	.set = set_nx_huge_pages_recovery_param,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(nx_huge_pages_recovery_param_ops,
+			       set_nx_huge_pages_recovery_param, param_get_uint);
 
 module_param_cb(nx_huge_pages, &nx_huge_pages_ops, &nx_huge_pages, 0644);
 __MODULE_PARM_TYPE(nx_huge_pages, "bool");
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
index adf211860949..7907f9addff9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
@@ -87,11 +87,7 @@ static int avic_param_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return param_get_bool(buffer, kp);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops avic_ops = {
-	.flags = KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG,
-	.set = avic_param_set,
-	.get = avic_param_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_NOARG(avic_ops, avic_param_set, avic_param_get);
 
 /*
  * Enable / disable AVIC.  In "auto" mode (default behavior), AVIC is enabled
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index a29896a9ef14..07f4c7209ac0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -465,10 +465,8 @@ static int vmentry_l1d_flush_get(char *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 #endif
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops vmentry_l1d_flush_ops = {
-	.set = vmentry_l1d_flush_set,
-	.get = vmentry_l1d_flush_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(vmentry_l1d_flush_ops, vmentry_l1d_flush_set,
+			       vmentry_l1d_flush_get);
 module_param_cb(vmentry_l1d_flush, &vmentry_l1d_flush_ops, NULL, 0644);
 
 static __always_inline void vmx_disable_fb_clear(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c b/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c
index 5c50e550ab63..a7ac80b5f8d9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c
@@ -123,10 +123,8 @@ static int param_set_local64(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_local64 = {
-	.get = param_get_local64,
-	.set = param_set_local64,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_local64, param_set_local64,
+			       param_get_local64);
 #define param_check_local64(name, p) __param_check(name, p, local64_t)
 
 static local64_t uv_nmi_count;
@@ -232,10 +230,8 @@ static int param_set_action(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_action = {
-	.get = param_get_action,
-	.set = param_set_action,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_action, param_set_action,
+			       param_get_action);
 #define param_check_action(name, p) __param_check(name, p, enum action_t)
 
 module_param_named(action, uv_nmi_action, action, 0644);
diff --git a/block/disk-events.c b/block/disk-events.c
index 074731ecc3d2..f2d4b48294c6 100644
--- a/block/disk-events.c
+++ b/block/disk-events.c
@@ -416,10 +416,8 @@ static int disk_events_set_dfl_poll_msecs(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops disk_events_dfl_poll_msecs_param_ops = {
-	.set	= disk_events_set_dfl_poll_msecs,
-	.get	= param_get_ulong,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(disk_events_dfl_poll_msecs_param_ops,
+			       disk_events_set_dfl_poll_msecs, param_get_ulong);
 
 #undef MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX
 #define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX	"block."
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
index a625de3c3c8b..3d32a5280432 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
@@ -138,15 +138,11 @@ static int param_get_debug_level(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return result;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_debug_layer = {
-	.set = param_set_uint,
-	.get = param_get_debug_layer,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_debug_layer, param_set_uint,
+			       param_get_debug_layer);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_debug_level = {
-	.set = param_set_uint,
-	.get = param_get_debug_level,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_debug_level, param_set_uint,
+			       param_get_debug_level);
 
 module_param_cb(debug_layer, &param_ops_debug_layer, &acpi_dbg_layer, 0644);
 module_param_cb(debug_level, &param_ops_debug_level, &acpi_dbg_level, 0644);
@@ -201,15 +197,12 @@ static int param_get_trace_method_name(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *
 	return sysfs_emit(buffer, "%s\n", acpi_gbl_trace_method_name);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_trace_method = {
-	.set = param_set_trace_method_name,
-	.get = param_get_trace_method_name,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_trace_method,
+			       param_set_trace_method_name,
+			       param_get_trace_method_name);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_trace_attrib = {
-	.set = param_set_uint,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_trace_attrib, param_set_uint,
+			       param_get_uint);
 
 module_param_cb(trace_method_name, &param_ops_trace_method, &trace_method_name, 0644);
 module_param_cb(trace_debug_layer, &param_ops_trace_attrib, &acpi_gbl_trace_dbg_layer, 0644);
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 0000913f7efc..147ad561e584 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1806,10 +1806,8 @@ static int max_loop_param_set_int(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops max_loop_param_ops = {
-	.set = max_loop_param_set_int,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(max_loop_param_ops, max_loop_param_set_int,
+			       param_get_int);
 
 module_param_cb(max_loop, &max_loop_param_ops, &max_loop, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_loop, "Maximum number of loop devices");
@@ -1836,10 +1834,8 @@ static int loop_set_hw_queue_depth(const char *s, const struct kernel_param *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops loop_hw_qdepth_param_ops = {
-	.set	= loop_set_hw_queue_depth,
-	.get	= param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(loop_hw_qdepth_param_ops,
+			       loop_set_hw_queue_depth, param_get_int);
 
 device_param_cb(hw_queue_depth, &loop_hw_qdepth_param_ops, &hw_queue_depth, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(hw_queue_depth, "Queue depth for each hardware queue. Default: " __stringify(LOOP_DEFAULT_HW_Q_DEPTH));
diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
index f8c0fd57e041..332ad6ac838a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
@@ -149,10 +149,8 @@ static int null_set_queue_mode(const char *str, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return null_param_store_val(str, &g_queue_mode, NULL_Q_BIO, NULL_Q_MQ);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops null_queue_mode_param_ops = {
-	.set	= null_set_queue_mode,
-	.get	= param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(null_queue_mode_param_ops, null_set_queue_mode,
+			       param_get_int);
 
 device_param_cb(queue_mode, &null_queue_mode_param_ops, &g_queue_mode, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(queue_mode, "Block interface to use (0=bio,1=rq,2=multiqueue)");
@@ -193,10 +191,8 @@ static int null_set_irqmode(const char *str, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 					NULL_IRQ_TIMER);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops null_irqmode_param_ops = {
-	.set	= null_set_irqmode,
-	.get	= param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(null_irqmode_param_ops, null_set_irqmode,
+			       param_get_int);
 
 device_param_cb(irqmode, &null_irqmode_param_ops, &g_irqmode, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(irqmode, "IRQ completion handler. 0-none, 1-softirq, 2-timer");
diff --git a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv.c b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv.c
index 10e8c438bb43..81961f7c883a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv.c
@@ -49,10 +49,8 @@ static struct kparam_string dev_search_path_kparam_str = {
 	.string	= dev_search_path
 };
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops dev_search_path_ops = {
-	.set	= dev_search_path_set,
-	.get	= param_get_string,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(dev_search_path_ops, dev_search_path_set,
+			       param_get_string);
 
 module_param_cb(dev_search_path, &dev_search_path_ops,
 		&dev_search_path_kparam_str, 0444);
diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index 8e5f3738c203..f7bf7ea2d088 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -5874,10 +5874,9 @@ static int ublk_get_max_unprivileged_ublks(char *buf,
 	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", unprivileged_ublks_max);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops ublk_max_unprivileged_ublks_ops = {
-	.set = ublk_set_max_unprivileged_ublks,
-	.get = ublk_get_max_unprivileged_ublks,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(ublk_max_unprivileged_ublks_ops,
+			       ublk_set_max_unprivileged_ublks,
+			       ublk_get_max_unprivileged_ublks);
 
 module_param_cb(ublks_max, &ublk_max_unprivileged_ublks_ops,
 		&unprivileged_ublks_max, 0644);
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 869ac87a4b6a..b5fed11707e8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -102,10 +102,8 @@ static int panic_op_read_handler(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n", event_str);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops panic_op_ops = {
-	.set = panic_op_write_handler,
-	.get = panic_op_read_handler
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(panic_op_ops, panic_op_write_handler,
+			       panic_op_read_handler);
 module_param_cb(panic_op, &panic_op_ops, NULL, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(panic_op, "Sets if the IPMI driver will attempt to store panic information in the event log in the event of a panic.  Set to 'none' for no, 'event' for a single event, or 'string' for a generic event and the panic string in IPMI OEM events.");
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
index a013ddbf1466..91a99417d204 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
@@ -193,10 +193,8 @@ static int set_param_timeout(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return rv;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_timeout = {
-	.set = set_param_timeout,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_timeout, set_param_timeout,
+			       param_get_int);
 #define param_check_timeout param_check_int
 
 typedef int (*action_fn)(const char *intval, char *outval);
@@ -259,17 +257,12 @@ static int set_param_wdog_ifnum(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_wdog_ifnum = {
-	.set = set_param_wdog_ifnum,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_wdog_ifnum, set_param_wdog_ifnum,
+			       param_get_int);
 
 #define param_check_wdog_ifnum param_check_int
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_str = {
-	.set = set_param_str,
-	.get = get_param_str,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_str, set_param_str, get_param_str);
 
 module_param(ifnum_to_use, wdog_ifnum, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ifnum_to_use, "The interface number to use for the watchdog "
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/hpre/hpre_main.c b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/hpre/hpre_main.c
index 357ab5e5887e..1104184c2f63 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/hpre/hpre_main.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/hpre/hpre_main.c
@@ -420,10 +420,8 @@ static int hpre_cluster_regs_show(struct seq_file *s, void *unused)
 
 DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(hpre_cluster_regs);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops hpre_uacce_mode_ops = {
-	.set = uacce_mode_set,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(hpre_uacce_mode_ops, uacce_mode_set,
+			       param_get_int);
 
 /*
  * uacce_mode = 0 means hpre only register to crypto,
@@ -441,19 +439,13 @@ static int pf_q_num_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return hisi_qm_q_num_set(val, kp, PCI_DEVICE_ID_HUAWEI_HPRE_PF);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops hpre_pf_q_num_ops = {
-	.set = pf_q_num_set,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(hpre_pf_q_num_ops, pf_q_num_set, param_get_int);
 
 static u32 pf_q_num = HPRE_PF_DEF_Q_NUM;
 module_param_cb(pf_q_num, &hpre_pf_q_num_ops, &pf_q_num, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(pf_q_num, "Number of queues in PF of CS(2-1024)");
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops vfs_num_ops = {
-	.set = vfs_num_set,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(vfs_num_ops, vfs_num_set, param_get_int);
 
 static u32 vfs_num;
 module_param_cb(vfs_num, &vfs_num_ops, &vfs_num, 0444);
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/sec2/sec_main.c b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/sec2/sec_main.c
index 056bd8f4da5a..3d13f2faa3d0 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/sec2/sec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/sec2/sec_main.c
@@ -362,10 +362,8 @@ static int sec_pf_q_num_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return hisi_qm_q_num_set(val, kp, PCI_DEVICE_ID_HUAWEI_SEC_PF);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops sec_pf_q_num_ops = {
-	.set = sec_pf_q_num_set,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(sec_pf_q_num_ops, sec_pf_q_num_set,
+			       param_get_int);
 
 static u32 pf_q_num = SEC_PF_DEF_Q_NUM;
 module_param_cb(pf_q_num, &sec_pf_q_num_ops, &pf_q_num, 0444);
@@ -391,18 +389,13 @@ static int sec_ctx_q_num_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return param_set_int(val, kp);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops sec_ctx_q_num_ops = {
-	.set = sec_ctx_q_num_set,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(sec_ctx_q_num_ops, sec_ctx_q_num_set,
+			       param_get_int);
 static u32 ctx_q_num = SEC_CTX_Q_NUM_DEF;
 module_param_cb(ctx_q_num, &sec_ctx_q_num_ops, &ctx_q_num, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ctx_q_num, "Queue num in ctx (2 default, 2, 4, ..., 32)");
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops vfs_num_ops = {
-	.set = vfs_num_set,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(vfs_num_ops, vfs_num_set, param_get_int);
 
 static u32 vfs_num;
 module_param_cb(vfs_num, &vfs_num_ops, &vfs_num, 0444);
@@ -454,10 +447,8 @@ u64 sec_get_alg_bitmap(struct hisi_qm *qm, u32 high, u32 low)
 	return ((u64)cap_val_h << SEC_ALG_BITMAP_SHIFT) | (u64)cap_val_l;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops sec_uacce_mode_ops = {
-	.set = uacce_mode_set,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(sec_uacce_mode_ops, uacce_mode_set,
+			       param_get_int);
 
 /*
  * uacce_mode = 0 means sec only register to crypto,
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/zip/zip_crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/zip/zip_crypto.c
index 70adde049b53..8f8d57420fb4 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/zip/zip_crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/zip/zip_crypto.c
@@ -108,10 +108,7 @@ static int sgl_sge_nr_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return param_set_ushort(val, kp);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops sgl_sge_nr_ops = {
-	.set = sgl_sge_nr_set,
-	.get = param_get_ushort,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(sgl_sge_nr_ops, sgl_sge_nr_set, param_get_ushort);
 
 static u16 sgl_sge_nr = HZIP_SGL_SGE_NR;
 module_param_cb(sgl_sge_nr, &sgl_sge_nr_ops, &sgl_sge_nr, 0444);
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/zip/zip_main.c b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/zip/zip_main.c
index 44df9c859bd8..e07d0cf8eca8 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/zip/zip_main.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/zip/zip_main.c
@@ -394,10 +394,7 @@ static int perf_mode_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return param_set_int(val, kp);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops zip_com_perf_ops = {
-	.set = perf_mode_set,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(zip_com_perf_ops, perf_mode_set, param_get_int);
 
 /*
  * perf_mode = 0 means enable high compression rate mode,
@@ -408,10 +405,8 @@ static u32 perf_mode = HZIP_HIGH_COMP_RATE;
 module_param_cb(perf_mode, &zip_com_perf_ops, &perf_mode, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(perf_mode, "ZIP high perf mode 0(default), 1(enable)");
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops zip_uacce_mode_ops = {
-	.set = uacce_mode_set,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(zip_uacce_mode_ops, uacce_mode_set,
+			       param_get_int);
 
 /*
  * uacce_mode = 0 means zip only register to crypto,
@@ -429,19 +424,13 @@ static int pf_q_num_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return hisi_qm_q_num_set(val, kp, PCI_DEVICE_ID_HUAWEI_ZIP_PF);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops pf_q_num_ops = {
-	.set = pf_q_num_set,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(pf_q_num_ops, pf_q_num_set, param_get_int);
 
 static u32 pf_q_num = HZIP_PF_DEF_Q_NUM;
 module_param_cb(pf_q_num, &pf_q_num_ops, &pf_q_num, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(pf_q_num, "Number of queues in PF(v1 2-4096, v2 2-1024)");
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops vfs_num_ops = {
-	.set = vfs_num_set,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(vfs_num_ops, vfs_num_set, param_get_int);
 
 static u32 vfs_num;
 module_param_cb(vfs_num, &vfs_num_ops, &vfs_num, 0444);
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
index df38681a1ff4..a7bddadcc52d 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
@@ -154,20 +154,15 @@ static struct dmatest_info {
 
 static int dmatest_run_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int dmatest_run_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static const struct kernel_param_ops run_ops = {
-	.set = dmatest_run_set,
-	.get = dmatest_run_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(run_ops, dmatest_run_set, dmatest_run_get);
 static bool dmatest_run;
 module_param_cb(run, &run_ops, &dmatest_run, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(run, "Run the test (default: false)");
 
 static int dmatest_chan_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int dmatest_chan_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static const struct kernel_param_ops multi_chan_ops = {
-	.set = dmatest_chan_set,
-	.get = dmatest_chan_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(multi_chan_ops, dmatest_chan_set,
+			       dmatest_chan_get);
 
 static char test_channel[20];
 static struct kparam_string newchan_kps = {
@@ -178,9 +173,7 @@ module_param_cb(channel, &multi_chan_ops, &newchan_kps, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(channel, "Bus ID of the channel to test (default: any)");
 
 static int dmatest_test_list_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static const struct kernel_param_ops test_list_ops = {
-	.get = dmatest_test_list_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(test_list_ops, NULL, dmatest_test_list_get);
 module_param_cb(test_list, &test_list_ops, NULL, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(test_list, "Print current test list");
 
@@ -292,10 +285,7 @@ static int dmatest_wait_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return param_get_bool(val, kp);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops wait_ops = {
-	.get = dmatest_wait_get,
-	.set = param_set_bool,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(wait_ops, param_set_bool, dmatest_wait_get);
 module_param_cb(wait, &wait_ops, &wait, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(wait, "Wait for tests to complete (default: false)");
 
diff --git a/drivers/edac/i10nm_base.c b/drivers/edac/i10nm_base.c
index 63df35444214..ab05e58faaa8 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/i10nm_base.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i10nm_base.c
@@ -1284,10 +1284,8 @@ static int set_decoding_via_mca(const char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops decoding_via_mca_param_ops = {
-	.set = set_decoding_via_mca,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(decoding_via_mca_param_ops, set_decoding_via_mca,
+			       param_get_int);
 
 module_param_cb(decoding_via_mca, &decoding_via_mca_param_ops, &decoding_via_mca, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(decoding_via_mca, "decoding_via_mca: 0=off(default), 1=enable");
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
index a253b6144945..fd0f3579fd54 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
@@ -43,10 +43,8 @@ static int efi_pstore_disable_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops pstore_disable_ops = {
-	.set	= efi_pstore_disable_set,
-	.get	= param_get_bool,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(pstore_disable_ops, efi_pstore_disable_set,
+			       param_get_bool);
 
 module_param_cb(pstore_disable, &pstore_disable_ops, &pstore_disable, 0644);
 __MODULE_PARM_TYPE(pstore_disable, "bool");
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
index 9b06a69d3a6d..ef57df53e087 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
@@ -2725,10 +2725,8 @@ static int set_download_mode(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops download_mode_param_ops = {
-	.get = get_download_mode,
-	.set = set_download_mode,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(download_mode_param_ops, set_download_mode,
+			       get_download_mode);
 
 module_param_cb(download_mode, &download_mode_param_ops, NULL, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(download_mode, "download mode: off/0/N for no dump mode, full/on/1/Y for full dump mode, mini for minidump mode and full,mini for both full and minidump mode together are acceptable values");
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
index 87a5421bc7d5..c87a5449ba8c 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
@@ -897,10 +897,8 @@ static int fw_cfg_cmdline_get(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops fw_cfg_cmdline_param_ops = {
-	.set = fw_cfg_cmdline_set,
-	.get = fw_cfg_cmdline_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(fw_cfg_cmdline_param_ops, fw_cfg_cmdline_set,
+			       fw_cfg_cmdline_get);
 
 device_param_cb(ioport, &fw_cfg_cmdline_param_ops, NULL, S_IRUSR);
 device_param_cb(mmio, &fw_cfg_cmdline_param_ops, NULL, S_IRUSR);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c
index d6d3b8d85dea..c35d1adf2ce3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c
@@ -847,10 +847,8 @@ static int drm_panic_type_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 			 drm_panic_type_map[drm_panic_type]);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops drm_panic_ops = {
-	.set = drm_panic_type_set,
-	.get = drm_panic_type_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(drm_panic_ops, drm_panic_type_set,
+			       drm_panic_type_get);
 
 module_param_cb(panic_screen, &drm_panic_ops, NULL, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(panic_screen,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mitigations.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mitigations.c
index def7302ef7fe..6061eae84e9c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mitigations.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mitigations.c
@@ -124,10 +124,7 @@ static int mitigations_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return count;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops ops = {
-	.set = mitigations_set,
-	.get = mitigations_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(ops, mitigations_set, mitigations_get);
 
 module_param_cb_unsafe(mitigations, &ops, NULL, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(mitigations,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw_trace.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw_trace.c
index 6193811ef7be..2df7274e21a8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw_trace.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw_trace.c
@@ -71,10 +71,8 @@ pvr_fw_trace_init_mask_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-const struct kernel_param_ops pvr_fw_trace_init_mask_ops = {
-	.set = pvr_fw_trace_init_mask_set,
-	.get = param_get_hexint,
-};
+DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(pvr_fw_trace_init_mask_ops, pvr_fw_trace_init_mask_set,
+			param_get_hexint);
 
 param_check_hexint(init_fw_trace_mask, &pvr_fw_trace_init_mask);
 module_param_cb(init_fw_trace_mask, &pvr_fw_trace_init_mask_ops, &pvr_fw_trace_init_mask, 0600);
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-cougar.c b/drivers/hid/hid-cougar.c
index ad027c45f162..271048bdf7fc 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-cougar.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-cougar.c
@@ -314,10 +314,8 @@ static int cougar_param_set_g6_is_space(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops cougar_g6_is_space_ops = {
-	.set	= cougar_param_set_g6_is_space,
-	.get	= param_get_bool,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(cougar_g6_is_space_ops,
+			       cougar_param_set_g6_is_space, param_get_bool);
 module_param_cb(g6_is_space, &cougar_g6_is_space_ops, &g6_is_space, 0644);
 
 static const struct hid_device_id cougar_id_table[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-steam.c b/drivers/hid/hid-steam.c
index 197126d6e081..962ed60492ea 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-steam.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-steam.c
@@ -1840,10 +1840,8 @@ static int steam_param_set_lizard_mode(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops steam_lizard_mode_ops = {
-	.set	= steam_param_set_lizard_mode,
-	.get	= param_get_bool,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(steam_lizard_mode_ops,
+			       steam_param_set_lizard_mode, param_get_bool);
 
 module_param_cb(lizard_mode, &steam_lizard_mode_ops, &lizard_mode, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(lizard_mode,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c
index c7259cc39013..5b9b0b38b419 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(cu, "Credit return units");
 unsigned long hfi1_cap_mask = HFI1_CAP_MASK_DEFAULT;
 static int hfi1_caps_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int hfi1_caps_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static const struct kernel_param_ops cap_ops = {
-	.set = hfi1_caps_set,
-	.get = hfi1_caps_get
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(cap_ops, hfi1_caps_set, hfi1_caps_get);
 module_param_cb(cap_mask, &cap_ops, &hfi1_cap_mask, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(cap_mask, "Bit mask of enabled/disabled HW features");
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c
index 7df441685780..758e527ca7c4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c
@@ -90,10 +90,8 @@ module_param_named(debug_level, iser_debug_level, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug_level, "Enable debug tracing if > 0 (default:disabled)");
 
 static int iscsi_iser_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static const struct kernel_param_ops iscsi_iser_size_ops = {
-	.set = iscsi_iser_set,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(iscsi_iser_size_ops, iscsi_iser_set,
+			       param_get_uint);
 
 static unsigned int iscsi_max_lun = 512;
 module_param_cb(max_lun, &iscsi_iser_size_ops, &iscsi_max_lun, S_IRUGO);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
index 348005e71891..bd91900a0ebf 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug_level, "Enable debug tracing if > 0 (default:0)");
 
 static int isert_sg_tablesize_set(const char *val,
 				  const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static const struct kernel_param_ops sg_tablesize_ops = {
-	.set = isert_sg_tablesize_set,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(sg_tablesize_ops, isert_sg_tablesize_set,
+			       param_get_int);
 
 static int isert_sg_tablesize = ISCSI_ISER_MIN_SG_TABLESIZE;
 module_param_cb(sg_tablesize, &sg_tablesize_ops, &isert_sg_tablesize, 0644);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
index b58868e1cf11..a81515f52a4f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
@@ -195,10 +195,7 @@ static int srp_tmo_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return res;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops srp_tmo_ops = {
-	.get = srp_tmo_get,
-	.set = srp_tmo_set,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(srp_tmo_ops, srp_tmo_set, srp_tmo_get);
 
 static inline struct srp_target_port *host_to_target(struct Scsi_Host *host)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c b/drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c
index 8db2dca84975..8b4ef7e163d3 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c
@@ -89,19 +89,16 @@ static int ati_remote2_get_mode_mask(char *buffer,
 
 static unsigned int channel_mask = ATI_REMOTE2_MAX_CHANNEL_MASK;
 #define param_check_channel_mask(name, p) __param_check(name, p, unsigned int)
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_channel_mask = {
-	.set = ati_remote2_set_channel_mask,
-	.get = ati_remote2_get_channel_mask,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_channel_mask,
+			       ati_remote2_set_channel_mask,
+			       ati_remote2_get_channel_mask);
 module_param(channel_mask, channel_mask, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(channel_mask, "Bitmask of channels to accept <15:Channel16>...<1:Channel2><0:Channel1>");
 
 static unsigned int mode_mask = ATI_REMOTE2_MAX_MODE_MASK;
 #define param_check_mode_mask(name, p) __param_check(name, p, unsigned int)
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_mode_mask = {
-	.set = ati_remote2_set_mode_mask,
-	.get = ati_remote2_get_mode_mask,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_mode_mask, ati_remote2_set_mode_mask,
+			       ati_remote2_get_mode_mask);
 module_param(mode_mask, mode_mask, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(mode_mask, "Bitmask of modes to accept <4:PC><3:AUX4><2:AUX3><1:AUX2><0:AUX1>");
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
index 6ab5f1d96eae..f9ebb1fd0b6f 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
@@ -45,10 +45,8 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 static unsigned int psmouse_max_proto = PSMOUSE_AUTO;
 static int psmouse_set_maxproto(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *);
 static int psmouse_get_maxproto(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_proto_abbrev = {
-	.set = psmouse_set_maxproto,
-	.get = psmouse_get_maxproto,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_proto_abbrev, psmouse_set_maxproto,
+			       psmouse_get_maxproto);
 #define param_check_proto_abbrev(name, p)	__param_check(name, p, unsigned int)
 module_param_named(proto, psmouse_max_proto, proto_abbrev, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(proto, "Highest protocol extension to probe (bare, imps, exps, any). Useful for KVM switches.");
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
index 31b4ac3b48c1..2338cab7fef9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
@@ -2488,10 +2488,8 @@ static int param_set_nodrop(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return param_set_bool(val, kp);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_nodrop = {
-	.set = param_set_nodrop,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_nodrop, param_set_nodrop,
+			       param_get_uint);
 
 param_check_uint(nodrop, &uvc_no_drop_param);
 module_param_cb(nodrop, &param_ops_nodrop, &uvc_no_drop_param, 0644);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/lis3lv02d/lis3lv02d.c b/drivers/misc/lis3lv02d/lis3lv02d.c
index 21e8ad0a7444..6e40c14be51e 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lis3lv02d/lis3lv02d.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lis3lv02d/lis3lv02d.c
@@ -103,10 +103,7 @@ static int param_set_axis(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_axis = {
-	.set = param_set_axis,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_axis, param_set_axis, param_get_int);
 
 #define param_check_axis(name, p) param_check_int(name, p)
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
index d5aec72ecdce..e566d94d5f5c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
@@ -62,10 +62,7 @@ static int mtu_max_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops mtu_max_ops = {
-	.set = mtu_max_set,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(mtu_max_ops, mtu_max_set, param_get_uint);
 
 module_param_cb(mtu_max, &mtu_max_ops, &mtu_max, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(mtu_max, " Max MTU value.");
@@ -91,10 +88,7 @@ static int ring_order_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops ring_order_ops = {
-	.set = ring_order_set,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(ring_order_ops, ring_order_set, param_get_uint);
 
 module_param_cb(rx_ring_order, &ring_order_ops, &rx_ring_order, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(rx_ring_order, " Rx ring order; size = 1 << order");
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index 263161cb8ac0..f7362377e427 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ static int multipath_param_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops multipath_param_ops = {
-	.set = multipath_param_set,
-	.get = param_get_bool,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(multipath_param_ops, multipath_param_set,
+			       param_get_bool);
 
 module_param_cb(multipath, &multipath_param_ops, &multipath, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(multipath,
@@ -55,10 +53,8 @@ static int multipath_always_on_set(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops multipath_always_on_ops = {
-	.set = multipath_always_on_set,
-	.get = param_get_bool,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(multipath_always_on_ops, multipath_always_on_set,
+			       param_get_bool);
 
 module_param_cb(multipath_always_on, &multipath_always_on_ops,
 		&multipath_always_on, 0444);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 9fd04cd7c5cb..c77e9b848d03 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -100,10 +100,8 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(sgl_threshold,
 #define NVME_PCI_MIN_QUEUE_SIZE 2
 #define NVME_PCI_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE 4095
 static int io_queue_depth_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static const struct kernel_param_ops io_queue_depth_ops = {
-	.set = io_queue_depth_set,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(io_queue_depth_ops, io_queue_depth_set,
+			       param_get_uint);
 
 static unsigned int io_queue_depth = 1024;
 module_param_cb(io_queue_depth, &io_queue_depth_ops, &io_queue_depth, 0644);
@@ -232,10 +230,8 @@ static int quirks_param_set(const char *value, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 
 static char quirks_param[128];
-static const struct kernel_param_ops quirks_param_ops = {
-	.set = quirks_param_set,
-	.get = param_get_string,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(quirks_param_ops, quirks_param_set,
+			       param_get_string);
 
 static struct kparam_string quirks_param_string = {
 	.maxlen = sizeof(quirks_param),
@@ -257,10 +253,8 @@ static int io_queue_count_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return param_set_uint(val, kp);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops io_queue_count_ops = {
-	.set = io_queue_count_set,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(io_queue_count_ops, io_queue_count_set,
+			       param_get_uint);
 
 static unsigned int write_queues;
 module_param_cb(write_queues, &io_queue_count_ops, &write_queues, 0644);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c
index e6e2c3f9afdf..dc544813300f 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c
@@ -147,10 +147,7 @@ module_param_named(use_srq, nvmet_rdma_use_srq, bool, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_srq, "Use shared receive queue.");
 
 static int srq_size_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static const struct kernel_param_ops srq_size_ops = {
-	.set = srq_size_set,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(srq_size_ops, srq_size_set, param_get_int);
 
 static int nvmet_rdma_srq_size = 1024;
 module_param_cb(srq_size, &srq_size_ops, &nvmet_rdma_srq_size, 0644);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
index 164a564ba3b4..2f336cd7e559 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ static int set_params(const char *str, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return param_store_val(str, kp->arg, 0, INT_MAX);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops set_param_ops = {
-	.set	= set_params,
-	.get	= param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(set_param_ops, set_params, param_get_int);
 
 /* Define the socket priority to use for connections were it is desirable
  * that the NIC consider performing optimized packet processing or filtering.
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c b/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
index 5ce5ad3efe69..bd59c3f3f2c5 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
@@ -762,10 +762,7 @@ static int interval_set_uint(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops interval_ops = {
-	.set = interval_set_uint,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(interval_ops, interval_set_uint, param_get_uint);
 
 module_param_cb(interval, &interval_ops, &interval, 0000);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(interval, "Polling interval of temperature check");
diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery.c b/drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery.c
index 45f0e39b8c2d..09829ee1a49d 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery.c
@@ -1133,10 +1133,8 @@ static int poll_interval_param_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *k
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_poll_interval = {
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-	.set = poll_interval_param_set,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_poll_interval, poll_interval_param_set,
+			       param_get_uint);
 
 static unsigned int poll_interval = 360;
 module_param_cb(poll_interval, &param_ops_poll_interval, &poll_interval, 0644);
diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/test_power.c b/drivers/power/supply/test_power.c
index 2c0e9ad820c0..0bf2bef3383a 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/test_power.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/test_power.c
@@ -649,60 +649,47 @@ static int param_set_battery_extension(const char *key,
 
 #define param_get_battery_extension param_get_bool
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_ac_online = {
-	.set = param_set_ac_online,
-	.get = param_get_ac_online,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_ac_online, param_set_ac_online,
+			       param_get_ac_online);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_usb_online = {
-	.set = param_set_usb_online,
-	.get = param_get_usb_online,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_usb_online, param_set_usb_online,
+			       param_get_usb_online);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_battery_status = {
-	.set = param_set_battery_status,
-	.get = param_get_battery_status,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_battery_status,
+			       param_set_battery_status,
+			       param_get_battery_status);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_battery_present = {
-	.set = param_set_battery_present,
-	.get = param_get_battery_present,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_battery_present,
+			       param_set_battery_present,
+			       param_get_battery_present);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_battery_technology = {
-	.set = param_set_battery_technology,
-	.get = param_get_battery_technology,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_battery_technology,
+			       param_set_battery_technology,
+			       param_get_battery_technology);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_battery_health = {
-	.set = param_set_battery_health,
-	.get = param_get_battery_health,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_battery_health,
+			       param_set_battery_health,
+			       param_get_battery_health);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_battery_capacity = {
-	.set = param_set_battery_capacity,
-	.get = param_get_battery_capacity,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_battery_capacity,
+			       param_set_battery_capacity,
+			       param_get_battery_capacity);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_battery_voltage = {
-	.set = param_set_battery_voltage,
-	.get = param_get_battery_voltage,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_battery_voltage,
+			       param_set_battery_voltage,
+			       param_get_battery_voltage);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_battery_charge_counter = {
-	.set = param_set_battery_charge_counter,
-	.get = param_get_battery_charge_counter,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_battery_charge_counter,
+			       param_set_battery_charge_counter,
+			       param_get_battery_charge_counter);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_battery_current = {
-	.set = param_set_battery_current,
-	.get = param_get_battery_current,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_battery_current,
+			       param_set_battery_current,
+			       param_get_battery_current);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_battery_extension = {
-	.set = param_set_battery_extension,
-	.get = param_get_battery_extension,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_battery_extension,
+			       param_set_battery_extension,
+			       param_get_battery_extension);
 
 #define param_check_ac_online(name, p) __param_check(name, p, void);
 #define param_check_usb_online(name, p) __param_check(name, p, void);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 2b4b2a1a8e44..c075b567f84e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -1644,10 +1644,8 @@ static int def_reserved_size_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops def_reserved_size_ops = {
-	.set	= def_reserved_size_set,
-	.get	= param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(def_reserved_size_ops, def_reserved_size_set,
+			       param_get_int);
 
 module_param_cb(def_reserved_size, &def_reserved_size_ops, &def_reserved_size,
 		   S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
index edc2afd5f4ee..676a12b44e88 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
@@ -255,10 +255,9 @@ static int tcmu_get_global_max_data_area(char *buffer,
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%d\n", TCMU_PAGES_TO_MBS(tcmu_global_max_pages));
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops tcmu_global_max_data_area_op = {
-	.set = tcmu_set_global_max_data_area,
-	.get = tcmu_get_global_max_data_area,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(tcmu_global_max_data_area_op,
+			       tcmu_set_global_max_data_area,
+			       tcmu_get_global_max_data_area);
 
 module_param_cb(global_max_data_area_mb, &tcmu_global_max_data_area_op, NULL,
 		S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO);
@@ -292,10 +291,8 @@ static int tcmu_set_block_netlink(const char *str,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops tcmu_block_netlink_op = {
-	.set = tcmu_set_block_netlink,
-	.get = tcmu_get_block_netlink,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(tcmu_block_netlink_op, tcmu_set_block_netlink,
+			       tcmu_get_block_netlink);
 
 module_param_cb(block_netlink, &tcmu_block_netlink_op, NULL, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(block_netlink, "Block new netlink commands.");
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_soc_slider.c b/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_soc_slider.c
index 91f291627132..68275c3f2c9b 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_soc_slider.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_soc_slider.c
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ static int slider_def_balance_get(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%02x\n", slider_values[SOC_POWER_SLIDER_BALANCE]);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops slider_def_balance_ops = {
-	.set = slider_def_balance_set,
-	.get = slider_def_balance_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(slider_def_balance_ops, slider_def_balance_set,
+			       slider_def_balance_get);
 
 module_param_cb(slider_balance, &slider_def_balance_ops, NULL, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(slider_balance, "Set slider default value for balance");
@@ -117,10 +115,8 @@ static int slider_def_offset_get(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%02x\n", slider_offset);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops slider_offset_ops = {
-	.set = slider_def_offset_set,
-	.get = slider_def_offset_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(slider_offset_ops, slider_def_offset_set,
+			       slider_def_offset_get);
 
 /*
  * To enhance power efficiency dynamically, the firmware can optionally
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c b/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
index ccf380da12f2..98fbc6892714 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
@@ -112,10 +112,7 @@ static int duration_get(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops duration_ops = {
-	.set = duration_set,
-	.get = duration_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(duration_ops, duration_set, duration_get);
 
 module_param_cb(duration, &duration_ops, NULL, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(duration, "forced idle time for each attempt in msec.");
@@ -203,10 +200,7 @@ static int cpumask_get(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return cpumap_print_to_pagebuf(false, buf, idle_injection_cpu_mask);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops cpumask_ops = {
-	.set = cpumask_set,
-	.get = cpumask_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(cpumask_ops, cpumask_set, cpumask_get);
 
 module_param_cb(cpumask, &cpumask_ops, NULL, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(cpumask, "Mask of CPUs to use for idle injection.");
@@ -252,10 +246,7 @@ static int max_idle_set(const char *arg, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops max_idle_ops = {
-	.set = max_idle_set,
-	.get = param_get_byte,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(max_idle_ops, max_idle_set, param_get_byte);
 
 module_param_cb(max_idle, &max_idle_ops, &max_idle, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_idle, "maximum injected idle time to the total CPU time ratio in percent range:1-100");
@@ -299,10 +290,7 @@ static int window_size_set(const char *arg, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops window_size_ops = {
-	.set = window_size_set,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(window_size_ops, window_size_set, param_get_int);
 
 module_param_cb(window_size, &window_size_ops, &window_size, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(window_size, "sliding window in number of clamping cycles\n"
diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_iucv.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_iucv.c
index 37db8a3e5158..29612a4a32cb 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_iucv.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_iucv.c
@@ -1290,10 +1290,8 @@ static int param_get_vmidfilter(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 
 #define param_check_vmidfilter(name, p) __param_check(name, p, void)
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_vmidfilter = {
-	.set = param_set_vmidfilter,
-	.get = param_get_vmidfilter,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_vmidfilter, param_set_vmidfilter,
+			       param_get_vmidfilter);
 
 /**
  * hvc_iucv_init() - z/VM IUCV HVC device driver initialization
diff --git a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
index c2e4b31b699a..c6279c496279 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
@@ -1074,10 +1074,8 @@ static int sysrq_reset_seq_param_set(const char *buffer,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_sysrq_reset_seq = {
-	.get	= param_get_ushort,
-	.set	= sysrq_reset_seq_param_set,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_sysrq_reset_seq,
+			       sysrq_reset_seq_param_set, param_get_ushort);
 
 #define param_check_sysrq_reset_seq(name, p)	\
 	__param_check(name, p, unsigned short)
diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-fault-injection.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-fault-injection.c
index 55db38e75cc4..7d2873da7dc5 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-fault-injection.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-fault-injection.c
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@
 static int ufs_fault_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int ufs_fault_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops ufs_fault_ops = {
-	.get = ufs_fault_get,
-	.set = ufs_fault_set,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(ufs_fault_ops, ufs_fault_set, ufs_fault_get);
 
 enum { FAULT_INJ_STR_SIZE = 80 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-mcq.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-mcq.c
index c1b1d67a1ddc..83100aad2a97 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-mcq.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-mcq.c
@@ -43,10 +43,8 @@ static int rw_queue_count_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 				     num_possible_cpus());
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops rw_queue_count_ops = {
-	.set = rw_queue_count_set,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(rw_queue_count_ops, rw_queue_count_set,
+			       param_get_uint);
 
 static unsigned int rw_queues;
 module_param_cb(rw_queues, &rw_queue_count_ops, &rw_queues, 0644);
@@ -59,10 +57,8 @@ static int read_queue_count_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 				     num_possible_cpus());
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops read_queue_count_ops = {
-	.set = read_queue_count_set,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(read_queue_count_ops, read_queue_count_set,
+			       param_get_uint);
 
 static unsigned int read_queues;
 module_param_cb(read_queues, &read_queue_count_ops, &read_queues, 0644);
@@ -75,10 +71,8 @@ static int poll_queue_count_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 				     num_possible_cpus());
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops poll_queue_count_ops = {
-	.set = poll_queue_count_set,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(poll_queue_count_ops, poll_queue_count_set,
+			       param_get_uint);
 
 static unsigned int poll_queues = 1;
 module_param_cb(poll_queues, &poll_queue_count_ops, &poll_queues, 0644);
diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-txeq.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-txeq.c
index b2dc89124353..3bdd87b434ad 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-txeq.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-txeq.c
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ static int txeq_gear_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return param_set_uint_minmax(val, kp, UFS_HS_G1, UFS_HS_GEAR_MAX);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops txeq_gear_ops = {
-	.set = txeq_gear_set,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(txeq_gear_ops, txeq_gear_set, param_get_uint);
 
 static unsigned int adaptive_txeq_gear = UFS_HS_G6;
 module_param_cb(adaptive_txeq_gear, &txeq_gear_ops, &adaptive_txeq_gear, 0644);
diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
index 4805e40ed4d7..4e930710d9a6 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
@@ -128,10 +128,8 @@ static int uic_cmd_timeout_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 				     UIC_CMD_TIMEOUT_MAX);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops uic_cmd_timeout_ops = {
-	.set = uic_cmd_timeout_set,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(uic_cmd_timeout_ops, uic_cmd_timeout_set,
+			       param_get_uint);
 
 module_param_cb(uic_cmd_timeout, &uic_cmd_timeout_ops, &uic_cmd_timeout, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(uic_cmd_timeout,
@@ -145,10 +143,8 @@ static int dev_cmd_timeout_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 				     QUERY_REQ_TIMEOUT_MAX);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops dev_cmd_timeout_ops = {
-	.set = dev_cmd_timeout_set,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(dev_cmd_timeout_ops, dev_cmd_timeout_set,
+			       param_get_uint);
 
 module_param_cb(dev_cmd_timeout, &dev_cmd_timeout_ops, &dev_cmd_timeout, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dev_cmd_timeout,
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/quirks.c b/drivers/usb/core/quirks.c
index 0ffdaefba508..d52ecc886925 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/quirks.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/quirks.c
@@ -160,10 +160,8 @@ static int quirks_param_set(const char *value, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops quirks_param_ops = {
-	.set = quirks_param_set,
-	.get = param_get_string,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(quirks_param_ops, quirks_param_set,
+			       param_get_string);
 
 static struct kparam_string quirks_param_string = {
 	.maxlen = sizeof(quirks_param),
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/serial.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/serial.c
index 4974bee6049a..e34717e553da 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/serial.c
@@ -121,10 +121,7 @@ static int enable_set(const char *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops enable_ops = {
-	.set = enable_set,
-	.get = param_get_bool,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(enable_ops, enable_set, param_get_bool);
 
 module_param_cb(enable, &enable_ops, &enable, 0644);
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
index fa83fe0defe2..71dd623b95c9 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
@@ -158,10 +158,7 @@ static int delay_use_get(char *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return format_delay_ms(delay_ms, 3, "ms", s, PAGE_SIZE);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops delay_use_ops = {
-	.set = delay_use_set,
-	.get = delay_use_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(delay_use_ops, delay_use_set, delay_use_get);
 module_param_cb(delay_use, &delay_use_ops, &delay_use, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(delay_use, "time to delay before using a new device");
 
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
index 9a1253b9d8c5..fd52f2213e27 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
@@ -87,10 +87,9 @@ static int vhost_scsi_get_inline_sg_cnt(char *buf,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", vhost_scsi_inline_sg_cnt);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops vhost_scsi_inline_sg_cnt_op = {
-	.get = vhost_scsi_get_inline_sg_cnt,
-	.set = vhost_scsi_set_inline_sg_cnt,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(vhost_scsi_inline_sg_cnt_op,
+			       vhost_scsi_set_inline_sg_cnt,
+			       vhost_scsi_get_inline_sg_cnt);
 
 module_param_cb(inline_sg_cnt, &vhost_scsi_inline_sg_cnt_op, NULL, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(inline_sg_cnt, "Set the number of scatterlist entries to pre-allocate. The default is 2048.");
diff --git a/drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves/ne_misc_dev.c b/drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves/ne_misc_dev.c
index c91300a73f50..218ddd93f960 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves/ne_misc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves/ne_misc_dev.c
@@ -86,10 +86,8 @@ struct ne_devs ne_devs = {
  */
 static int ne_set_kernel_param(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops ne_cpu_pool_ops = {
-	.get	= param_get_string,
-	.set	= ne_set_kernel_param,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(ne_cpu_pool_ops, ne_set_kernel_param,
+			       param_get_string);
 
 static char ne_cpus[NE_CPUS_SIZE];
 static struct kparam_string ne_cpus_arg = {
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c
index 595c2274fbb5..f6df9c76ee81 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c
@@ -748,10 +748,8 @@ static int vm_cmdline_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return strlen(buffer) + 1;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops vm_cmdline_param_ops = {
-	.set = vm_cmdline_set,
-	.get = vm_cmdline_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(vm_cmdline_param_ops, vm_cmdline_set,
+			       vm_cmdline_get);
 
 device_param_cb(device, &vm_cmdline_param_ops, NULL, S_IRUSR);
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
index c05fbd4237f8..dec8024b8ac7 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
@@ -1684,10 +1684,8 @@ static int param_set_metrics(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_metrics = {
-	.set = param_set_metrics,
-	.get = param_get_bool,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_metrics, param_set_metrics,
+			       param_get_bool);
 
 bool disable_send_metrics = false;
 module_param_cb(disable_send_metrics, &param_ops_metrics, &disable_send_metrics, 0644);
@@ -1695,9 +1693,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_send_metrics, "Enable sending perf metrics to ceph clus
 
 /* for both v1 and v2 syntax */
 static bool mount_support = true;
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_mount_syntax = {
-	.get = param_get_bool,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_mount_syntax, NULL, param_get_bool);
 module_param_cb(mount_syntax_v1, &param_ops_mount_syntax, &mount_support, 0444);
 module_param_cb(mount_syntax_v2, &param_ops_mount_syntax, &mount_support, 0444);
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index b658b6baf72f..cc955c9952d1 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -71,10 +71,7 @@ static int inval_wq_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-static const struct kernel_param_ops inval_wq_ops = {
-	.set = inval_wq_set,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(inval_wq_ops, inval_wq_set, param_get_uint);
 module_param_cb(inval_wq, &inval_wq_ops, &inval_wq, 0644);
 __MODULE_PARM_TYPE(inval_wq, "uint");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(inval_wq,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index af9be0c5f516..f2fba60dc5ed 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -372,10 +372,8 @@ static int param_get_nfs_timeout(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return sysfs_emit(buffer, "%li\n", num);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_nfs_timeout = {
-	.set = param_set_nfs_timeout,
-	.get = param_get_nfs_timeout,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_nfs_timeout, param_set_nfs_timeout,
+			       param_get_nfs_timeout);
 #define param_check_nfs_timeout(name, p) __param_check(name, p, int)
 
 module_param(nfs_mountpoint_expiry_timeout, nfs_timeout, 0644);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 4cd420b14ce3..59d89a18aba6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -1419,10 +1419,8 @@ static int param_set_portnr(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	*((unsigned int *)kp->arg) = num;
 	return 0;
 }
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_portnr = {
-	.set = param_set_portnr,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_portnr, param_set_portnr,
+			       param_get_uint);
 #define param_check_portnr(name, p) __param_check(name, p, unsigned int)
 
 module_param_named(callback_tcpport, nfs_callback_set_tcpport, portnr, 0644);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 9a77d8b64ffa..e44f8e18f756 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ static int ubifs_default_version_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param
 	return param_set_int(val, kp);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops ubifs_default_version_ops = {
-	.set = ubifs_default_version_set,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(ubifs_default_version_ops,
+			       ubifs_default_version_set, param_get_int);
 
 int ubifs_default_version = UBIFS_FORMAT_VERSION;
 module_param_cb(default_version, &ubifs_default_version_ops, &ubifs_default_version, 0600);
diff --git a/kernel/locking/locktorture.c b/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
index e618bcf75e2d..38ae3b596ef2 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
@@ -98,10 +98,8 @@ static bool cpumask_nonempty(cpumask_var_t mask)
 	return cpumask_available(mask) && !cpumask_empty(mask);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops lt_bind_ops = {
-	.set = param_set_cpumask,
-	.get = param_get_cpumask,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(lt_bind_ops, param_set_cpumask,
+			       param_get_cpumask);
 
 module_param_cb(bind_readers, &lt_bind_ops, &bind_readers, 0444);
 module_param_cb(bind_writers, &lt_bind_ops, &bind_writers, 0444);
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 42e5ebde4585..8698374b0d21 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -1214,10 +1214,8 @@ static int panic_print_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return  param_set_ulong(val, kp);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops panic_print_ops = {
-	.set	= panic_print_set,
-	.get	= param_get_ulong,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(panic_print_ops, panic_print_set,
+			       param_get_ulong);
 __core_param_cb(panic_print, &panic_print_ops, &panic_print, 0644);
 
 static int __init oops_setup(char *s)
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 2cbad1f4dd06..e19fff2926bc 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -297,11 +297,8 @@ void param_free_charp(void *arg)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_free_charp);
 
-const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_charp = {
-	.set = param_set_charp,
-	.get = param_get_charp,
-	.free = param_free_charp,
-};
+DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FREE(param_ops_charp, param_set_charp, param_get_charp,
+			     param_free_charp);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_ops_charp);
 
 /* Actually could be a bool or an int, for historical reasons. */
@@ -322,11 +319,7 @@ int param_get_bool(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_get_bool);
 
-const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_bool = {
-	.flags = KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG,
-	.set = param_set_bool,
-	.get = param_get_bool,
-};
+DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_NOARG(param_ops_bool, param_set_bool, param_get_bool);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_ops_bool);
 
 int param_set_bool_enable_only(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
@@ -353,11 +346,8 @@ int param_set_bool_enable_only(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(param_set_bool_enable_only);
 
-const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_bool_enable_only = {
-	.flags = KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG,
-	.set = param_set_bool_enable_only,
-	.get = param_get_bool,
-};
+DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_NOARG(param_ops_bool_enable_only,
+			      param_set_bool_enable_only, param_get_bool);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(param_ops_bool_enable_only);
 
 /* This one must be bool. */
@@ -381,10 +371,7 @@ int param_get_invbool(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_get_invbool);
 
-const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_invbool = {
-	.set = param_set_invbool,
-	.get = param_get_invbool,
-};
+DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_invbool, param_set_invbool, param_get_invbool);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_ops_invbool);
 
 int param_set_bint(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
@@ -403,11 +390,7 @@ int param_set_bint(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_set_bint);
 
-const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_bint = {
-	.flags = KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG,
-	.set = param_set_bint,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_NOARG(param_ops_bint, param_set_bint, param_get_int);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_ops_bint);
 
 /* We break the rule and mangle the string. */
@@ -515,11 +498,8 @@ static void param_array_free(void *arg)
 			arr->ops->free(arr->elem + arr->elemsize * i);
 }
 
-const struct kernel_param_ops param_array_ops = {
-	.set = param_array_set,
-	.get = param_array_get,
-	.free = param_array_free,
-};
+DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FREE(param_array_ops, param_array_set, param_array_get,
+			     param_array_free);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_array_ops);
 
 int param_set_copystring(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
@@ -544,10 +524,8 @@ int param_get_string(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_get_string);
 
-const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_string = {
-	.set = param_set_copystring,
-	.get = param_get_string,
-};
+DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_string, param_set_copystring,
+			param_get_string);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_ops_string);
 
 /* sysfs output in /sys/modules/XYZ/parameters/ */
diff --git a/kernel/power/hibernate.c b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
index af8d07bafe02..aba1e4489447 100644
--- a/kernel/power/hibernate.c
+++ b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
@@ -1528,10 +1528,8 @@ static int hibernate_compressor_param_set(const char *compressor,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops hibernate_compressor_param_ops = {
-	.set    = hibernate_compressor_param_set,
-	.get    = param_get_string,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(hibernate_compressor_param_ops,
+			       hibernate_compressor_param_set, param_get_string);
 
 static struct kparam_string hibernate_compressor_param_string = {
 	.maxlen = sizeof(hibernate_compressor),
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 55df6d37145e..e675d7f1b4ee 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -498,15 +498,11 @@ static int param_set_next_fqs_jiffies(const char *val, const struct kernel_param
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops first_fqs_jiffies_ops = {
-	.set = param_set_first_fqs_jiffies,
-	.get = param_get_ulong,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(first_fqs_jiffies_ops,
+			       param_set_first_fqs_jiffies, param_get_ulong);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops next_fqs_jiffies_ops = {
-	.set = param_set_next_fqs_jiffies,
-	.get = param_get_ulong,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(next_fqs_jiffies_ops, param_set_next_fqs_jiffies,
+			       param_get_ulong);
 
 module_param_cb(jiffies_till_first_fqs, &first_fqs_jiffies_ops, &jiffies_till_first_fqs, 0644);
 module_param_cb(jiffies_till_next_fqs, &next_fqs_jiffies_ops, &jiffies_till_next_fqs, 0644);
@@ -3979,10 +3975,8 @@ static int param_get_do_rcu_barrier(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%d\n", atomic_read((atomic_t *)kp->arg));
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops do_rcu_barrier_ops = {
-	.set = param_set_do_rcu_barrier,
-	.get = param_get_do_rcu_barrier,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(do_rcu_barrier_ops, param_set_do_rcu_barrier,
+			       param_get_do_rcu_barrier);
 static atomic_t do_rcu_barrier;
 module_param_cb(do_rcu_barrier, &do_rcu_barrier_ops, &do_rcu_barrier, 0644);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 345aa11b84b2..fcf31e3e4965 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -166,20 +166,15 @@ static int set_slice_us(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return param_set_uint_minmax(val, kp, 100, 100 * USEC_PER_MSEC);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops slice_us_param_ops = {
-	.set = set_slice_us,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(slice_us_param_ops, set_slice_us, param_get_uint);
 
 static int set_bypass_lb_intv_us(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	return param_set_uint_minmax(val, kp, 0, 10 * USEC_PER_SEC);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops bypass_lb_intv_us_param_ops = {
-	.set = set_bypass_lb_intv_us,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(bypass_lb_intv_us_param_ops,
+			       set_bypass_lb_intv_us, param_get_uint);
 
 #undef MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX
 #define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX	"sched_ext."
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 5f747f241a5f..42562b811d94 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -7162,10 +7162,8 @@ static int wq_affn_dfl_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", wq_affn_names[wq_affn_dfl]);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops wq_affn_dfl_ops = {
-	.set	= wq_affn_dfl_set,
-	.get	= wq_affn_dfl_get,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(wq_affn_dfl_ops, wq_affn_dfl_set,
+			       wq_affn_dfl_get);
 
 module_param_cb(default_affinity_scope, &wq_affn_dfl_ops, NULL, 0644);
 
@@ -7861,10 +7859,8 @@ static int wq_watchdog_param_set_thresh(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops wq_watchdog_thresh_ops = {
-	.set	= wq_watchdog_param_set_thresh,
-	.get	= param_get_ulong,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(wq_watchdog_thresh_ops,
+			       wq_watchdog_param_set_thresh, param_get_ulong);
 
 module_param_cb(watchdog_thresh, &wq_watchdog_thresh_ops, &wq_watchdog_thresh,
 		0644);
diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index 18a71a9108d3..cf0405ba0dbd 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -807,10 +807,8 @@ int param_get_dyndbg_classes(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_get_dyndbg_classes);
 
-const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_dyndbg_classes = {
-	.set = param_set_dyndbg_classes,
-	.get = param_get_dyndbg_classes,
-};
+DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_dyndbg_classes, param_set_dyndbg_classes,
+			param_get_dyndbg_classes);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_ops_dyndbg_classes);
 
 #define PREFIX_SIZE 128
diff --git a/lib/test_dynamic_debug.c b/lib/test_dynamic_debug.c
index 77c2a669b6af..30880b6c726a 100644
--- a/lib/test_dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/test_dynamic_debug.c
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ static int param_get_do_prints(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	do_prints();
 	return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "did do_prints\n");
 }
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_do_prints = {
-	.set = param_set_do_prints,
-	.get = param_get_do_prints,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_do_prints, param_set_do_prints,
+			       param_get_do_prints);
 module_param_cb(do_prints, &param_ops_do_prints, NULL, 0600);
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/damon/lru_sort.c b/mm/damon/lru_sort.c
index 8494040b1ee4..5feb93c5262e 100644
--- a/mm/damon/lru_sort.c
+++ b/mm/damon/lru_sort.c
@@ -405,10 +405,8 @@ static int damon_lru_sort_addr_unit_store(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops addr_unit_param_ops = {
-	.set = damon_lru_sort_addr_unit_store,
-	.get = param_get_ulong,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(addr_unit_param_ops,
+			       damon_lru_sort_addr_unit_store, param_get_ulong);
 
 module_param_cb(addr_unit, &addr_unit_param_ops, &addr_unit, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(addr_unit,
@@ -446,10 +444,8 @@ static int damon_lru_sort_enabled_load(char *buffer,
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%c\n", damon_lru_sort_enabled() ? 'Y' : 'N');
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops enabled_param_ops = {
-	.set = damon_lru_sort_enabled_store,
-	.get = damon_lru_sort_enabled_load,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(enabled_param_ops, damon_lru_sort_enabled_store,
+			       damon_lru_sort_enabled_load);
 
 module_param_cb(enabled, &enabled_param_ops, &enabled, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(enabled,
@@ -478,10 +474,9 @@ static int damon_lru_sort_kdamond_pid_load(char *buffer,
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%d\n", kdamond_pid);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops kdamond_pid_param_ops = {
-	.set = damon_lru_sort_kdamond_pid_store,
-	.get = damon_lru_sort_kdamond_pid_load,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(kdamond_pid_param_ops,
+			       damon_lru_sort_kdamond_pid_store,
+			       damon_lru_sort_kdamond_pid_load);
 
 /*
  * PID of the DAMON thread
diff --git a/mm/damon/reclaim.c b/mm/damon/reclaim.c
index fe7fce26cf6c..27e772b095fa 100644
--- a/mm/damon/reclaim.c
+++ b/mm/damon/reclaim.c
@@ -307,10 +307,8 @@ static int damon_reclaim_addr_unit_store(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops addr_unit_param_ops = {
-	.set = damon_reclaim_addr_unit_store,
-	.get = param_get_ulong,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(addr_unit_param_ops,
+			       damon_reclaim_addr_unit_store, param_get_ulong);
 
 module_param_cb(addr_unit, &addr_unit_param_ops, &addr_unit, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(addr_unit,
@@ -348,10 +346,8 @@ static int damon_reclaim_enabled_load(char *buffer,
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%c\n", damon_reclaim_enabled() ? 'Y' : 'N');
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops enabled_param_ops = {
-	.set = damon_reclaim_enabled_store,
-	.get = damon_reclaim_enabled_load,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(enabled_param_ops, damon_reclaim_enabled_store,
+			       damon_reclaim_enabled_load);
 
 module_param_cb(enabled, &enabled_param_ops, &enabled, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(enabled,
@@ -380,10 +376,9 @@ static int damon_reclaim_kdamond_pid_load(char *buffer,
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%d\n", kdamond_pid);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops kdamond_pid_param_ops = {
-	.set = damon_reclaim_kdamond_pid_store,
-	.get = damon_reclaim_kdamond_pid_load,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(kdamond_pid_param_ops,
+			       damon_reclaim_kdamond_pid_store,
+			       damon_reclaim_kdamond_pid_load);
 
 /*
  * PID of the DAMON thread
diff --git a/mm/damon/stat.c b/mm/damon/stat.c
index 3951b762cbdd..6eb548793802 100644
--- a/mm/damon/stat.c
+++ b/mm/damon/stat.c
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ static int damon_stat_enabled_store(
 static int damon_stat_enabled_load(char *buffer,
 		const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops enabled_param_ops = {
-	.set = damon_stat_enabled_store,
-	.get = damon_stat_enabled_load,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(enabled_param_ops, damon_stat_enabled_store,
+			       damon_stat_enabled_load);
 
 static bool enabled __read_mostly = IS_ENABLED(
 	CONFIG_DAMON_STAT_ENABLED_DEFAULT);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 2a943ec57c85..42e0cf313281 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -109,10 +109,8 @@ static int get_memmap_mode(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%c\n", mode ? 'Y' : 'N');
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops memmap_mode_ops = {
-	.set = set_memmap_mode,
-	.get = get_memmap_mode,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(memmap_mode_ops, set_memmap_mode,
+			       get_memmap_mode);
 module_param_cb(memmap_on_memory, &memmap_mode_ops, &memmap_mode, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(memmap_on_memory, "Enable memmap on memory for memory hotplug\n"
 		 "With value \"force\" it could result in memory wastage due "
@@ -163,10 +161,8 @@ static int get_online_policy(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
  *                 (auto_movable_ratio, auto_movable_numa_aware) allows for it
  */
 static int online_policy __read_mostly = ONLINE_POLICY_CONTIG_ZONES;
-static const struct kernel_param_ops online_policy_ops = {
-	.set = set_online_policy,
-	.get = get_online_policy,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(online_policy_ops, set_online_policy,
+			       get_online_policy);
 module_param_cb(online_policy, &online_policy_ops, &online_policy, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(online_policy,
 		"Set the online policy (\"contig-zones\", \"auto-movable\") "
diff --git a/mm/page_reporting.c b/mm/page_reporting.c
index 7418f2e500bb..61351e12b4d9 100644
--- a/mm/page_reporting.c
+++ b/mm/page_reporting.c
@@ -23,15 +23,8 @@ static int page_order_update_notify(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *
 	return  param_set_uint_minmax(val, kp, 0, MAX_PAGE_ORDER);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops page_reporting_param_ops = {
-	.set = &page_order_update_notify,
-	/*
-	 * For the get op, use param_get_int instead of param_get_uint.
-	 * This is to make sure that when unset the initialized value of
-	 * -1 is shown correctly
-	 */
-	.get = &param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(page_reporting_param_ops,
+			       &page_order_update_notify, &param_get_int);
 
 module_param_cb(page_reporting_order, &page_reporting_param_ops,
 			&page_reporting_order, 0644);
diff --git a/mm/shuffle.c b/mm/shuffle.c
index fb1393b8b3a9..114fe7467516 100644
--- a/mm/shuffle.c
+++ b/mm/shuffle.c
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ static __meminit int shuffle_param_set(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops shuffle_param_ops = {
-	.set = shuffle_param_set,
-	.get = param_get_bool,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(shuffle_param_ops, shuffle_param_set,
+			       param_get_bool);
 module_param_cb(shuffle, &shuffle_param_ops, &shuffle_param, 0400);
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
index 4b5149173b0e..ed3aa07c2f1d 100644
--- a/mm/zswap.c
+++ b/mm/zswap.c
@@ -90,21 +90,17 @@ static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_MAYBE(CONFIG_ZSWAP_DEFAULT_ON, zswap_ever_enabled);
 static bool zswap_enabled = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZSWAP_DEFAULT_ON);
 static int zswap_enabled_param_set(const char *,
 				   const struct kernel_param *);
-static const struct kernel_param_ops zswap_enabled_param_ops = {
-	.set =		zswap_enabled_param_set,
-	.get =		param_get_bool,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(zswap_enabled_param_ops, zswap_enabled_param_set,
+			       param_get_bool);
 module_param_cb(enabled, &zswap_enabled_param_ops, &zswap_enabled, 0644);
 
 /* Crypto compressor to use */
 static char *zswap_compressor = CONFIG_ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT;
 static int zswap_compressor_param_set(const char *,
 				      const struct kernel_param *);
-static const struct kernel_param_ops zswap_compressor_param_ops = {
-	.set =		zswap_compressor_param_set,
-	.get =		param_get_charp,
-	.free =		param_free_charp,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FREE(zswap_compressor_param_ops,
+				    zswap_compressor_param_set, param_get_charp,
+				    param_free_charp);
 module_param_cb(compressor, &zswap_compressor_param_ops,
 		&zswap_compressor, 0644);
 
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_algo.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_algo.c
index 49e5861b58ec..54d66a948298 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_algo.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_algo.c
@@ -134,10 +134,8 @@ static int batadv_param_set_ra(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return param_set_copystring(algo_name, kp);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops batadv_param_ops_ra = {
-	.set = batadv_param_set_ra,
-	.get = param_get_string,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(batadv_param_ops_ra, batadv_param_set_ra,
+			       param_get_string);
 
 static struct kparam_string batadv_param_string_ra = {
 	.maxlen = sizeof(batadv_routing_algo),
diff --git a/net/ceph/ceph_common.c b/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
index 952121849180..633202a99e4a 100644
--- a/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
+++ b/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ static int param_get_supported_features(char *buffer,
 {
 	return sprintf(buffer, "0x%llx", CEPH_FEATURES_SUPPORTED_DEFAULT);
 }
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_supported_features = {
-	.get = param_get_supported_features,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_supported_features, NULL,
+			       param_get_supported_features);
 module_param_cb(supported_features, &param_ops_supported_features, NULL,
 		0444);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c
index 274e628e7cf8..2c9c3d0f3c3d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c
@@ -64,10 +64,8 @@ static int dctcp_shift_g_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return param_set_uint_minmax(val, kp, 0, 10);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops dctcp_shift_g_ops = {
-	.set = dctcp_shift_g_set,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(dctcp_shift_g_ops, dctcp_shift_g_set,
+			       param_get_uint);
 
 module_param_cb(dctcp_shift_g, &dctcp_shift_g_ops, &dctcp_shift_g, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dctcp_shift_g, "parameter g for updating dctcp_alpha");
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index 68c0595ea2fd..64a3e894fd4c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ static int param_get_hashtbl_sz(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 
 #define param_check_hashtbl_sz(name, p) __param_check(name, p, unsigned int);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_hashtbl_sz = {
-	.set = param_set_hashtbl_sz,
-	.get = param_get_hashtbl_sz,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_hashtbl_sz, param_set_hashtbl_sz,
+			       param_get_hashtbl_sz);
 
 module_param_named(auth_hashtable_size, auth_hashbits, hashtbl_sz, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(auth_hashtable_size, "RPC credential cache hashtable size");
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 2e1fe6013361..e8d087798994 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -3710,10 +3710,8 @@ static int param_set_portnr(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 			RPC_MAX_RESVPORT);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_portnr = {
-	.set = param_set_portnr,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_portnr, param_set_portnr,
+			       param_get_uint);
 
 #define param_check_portnr(name, p) \
 	__param_check(name, p, unsigned int);
@@ -3729,10 +3727,8 @@ static int param_set_slot_table_size(const char *val,
 			RPC_MAX_SLOT_TABLE);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_slot_table_size = {
-	.set = param_set_slot_table_size,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_slot_table_size,
+			       param_set_slot_table_size, param_get_uint);
 
 #define param_check_slot_table_size(name, p) \
 	__param_check(name, p, unsigned int);
@@ -3745,10 +3741,8 @@ static int param_set_max_slot_table_size(const char *val,
 			RPC_MAX_SLOT_TABLE_LIMIT);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_max_slot_table_size = {
-	.set = param_set_max_slot_table_size,
-	.get = param_get_uint,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_max_slot_table_size,
+			       param_set_max_slot_table_size, param_get_uint);
 
 #define param_check_max_slot_table_size(name, p) \
 	__param_check(name, p, unsigned int);
diff --git a/samples/damon/mtier.c b/samples/damon/mtier.c
index 775838a23d93..c8018a7ea891 100644
--- a/samples/damon/mtier.c
+++ b/samples/damon/mtier.c
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ module_param(node0_mem_free_bp, ulong, 0600);
 static int damon_sample_mtier_enable_store(
 		const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops enabled_param_ops = {
-	.set = damon_sample_mtier_enable_store,
-	.get = param_get_bool,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(enabled_param_ops,
+			       damon_sample_mtier_enable_store, param_get_bool);
 
 static bool enabled __read_mostly;
 module_param_cb(enabled, &enabled_param_ops, &enabled, 0600);
diff --git a/samples/damon/prcl.c b/samples/damon/prcl.c
index b7c50f2656ce..7cab9bd0f7bd 100644
--- a/samples/damon/prcl.c
+++ b/samples/damon/prcl.c
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ module_param(target_pid, int, 0600);
 static int damon_sample_prcl_enable_store(
 		const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops enabled_param_ops = {
-	.set = damon_sample_prcl_enable_store,
-	.get = param_get_bool,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(enabled_param_ops,
+			       damon_sample_prcl_enable_store, param_get_bool);
 
 static bool enabled __read_mostly;
 module_param_cb(enabled, &enabled_param_ops, &enabled, 0600);
diff --git a/samples/damon/wsse.c b/samples/damon/wsse.c
index 799ad4443943..56634853bd0b 100644
--- a/samples/damon/wsse.c
+++ b/samples/damon/wsse.c
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ module_param(target_pid, int, 0600);
 static int damon_sample_wsse_enable_store(
 		const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops enabled_param_ops = {
-	.set = damon_sample_wsse_enable_store,
-	.get = param_get_bool,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(enabled_param_ops,
+			       damon_sample_wsse_enable_store, param_get_bool);
 
 static bool enabled __read_mostly;
 module_param_cb(enabled, &enabled_param_ops, &enabled, 0600);
diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index 3491e9f60194..8a253c743363 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -1767,38 +1767,30 @@ static struct security_hook_list apparmor_hooks[] __ro_after_init = {
 static int param_set_aabool(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int param_get_aabool(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_aabool param_check_bool
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_aabool = {
-	.flags = KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG,
-	.set = param_set_aabool,
-	.get = param_get_aabool
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_NOARG(param_ops_aabool, param_set_aabool,
+				     param_get_aabool);
 
 static int param_set_aauint(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int param_get_aauint(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_aauint param_check_uint
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_aauint = {
-	.set = param_set_aauint,
-	.get = param_get_aauint
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_aauint, param_set_aauint,
+			       param_get_aauint);
 
 static int param_set_aacompressionlevel(const char *val,
 					const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int param_get_aacompressionlevel(char *buffer,
 					const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_aacompressionlevel param_check_int
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_aacompressionlevel = {
-	.set = param_set_aacompressionlevel,
-	.get = param_get_aacompressionlevel
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_aacompressionlevel,
+			       param_set_aacompressionlevel,
+			       param_get_aacompressionlevel);
 
 static int param_set_aalockpolicy(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int param_get_aalockpolicy(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_aalockpolicy param_check_bool
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_aalockpolicy = {
-	.flags = KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG,
-	.set = param_set_aalockpolicy,
-	.get = param_get_aalockpolicy
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_NOARG(param_ops_aalockpolicy,
+				     param_set_aalockpolicy,
+				     param_get_aalockpolicy);
 
 static int param_set_debug(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int param_get_debug(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
@@ -1879,10 +1871,8 @@ module_param_named(paranoid_load, aa_g_paranoid_load, aabool, S_IRUGO);
 static int param_get_aaintbool(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int param_set_aaintbool(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_aaintbool param_check_int
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_aaintbool = {
-	.set = param_set_aaintbool,
-	.get = param_get_aaintbool
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_aaintbool, param_set_aaintbool,
+			       param_get_aaintbool);
 /* Boot time disable flag */
 static int apparmor_enabled __ro_after_init = 1;
 module_param_named(enabled, apparmor_enabled, aaintbool, 0444);
diff --git a/sound/hda/controllers/intel.c b/sound/hda/controllers/intel.c
index c87d75dbd8aa..02bd61e67902 100644
--- a/sound/hda/controllers/intel.c
+++ b/sound/hda/controllers/intel.c
@@ -164,10 +164,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(ctl_dev_id, "Use control device identifier (based on codec addr
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 static int param_set_xint(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_xint = {
-	.set = param_set_xint,
-	.get = param_get_int,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_xint, param_set_xint, param_get_int);
 #define param_check_xint param_check_int
 
 static int power_save = CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT;
diff --git a/sound/usb/card.c b/sound/usb/card.c
index f42d72cd0378..34cbb9d72315 100644
--- a/sound/usb/card.c
+++ b/sound/usb/card.c
@@ -118,11 +118,8 @@ static int param_set_quirkp(const char *val,
 	return param_set_charp(val, kp);
 }
 
-static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_quirkp = {
-	.set = param_set_quirkp,
-	.get = param_get_charp,
-	.free = param_free_charp,
-};
+static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FREE(param_ops_quirkp, param_set_quirkp,
+				    param_get_charp, param_free_charp);
 
 #define param_check_quirkp param_check_charp
 
-- 
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From: Kees Cook @ 2026-05-21 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luis Chamberlain
  Cc: Kees Cook, Pengpeng Hou, Petr Pavlu, Richard Weinberger,
	Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg, Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown,
	Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo, Michael S. Tsirkin, Jani Nikula,
	Joonas Lahtinen, Rodrigo Vivi, Tvrtko Ursulin, David Airlie,
	Simona Vetter, Bart Van Assche, Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky,
	Laurent Pinchart, Hans de Goede, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
	Bjorn Helgaas, Hannes Reinecke, James E.J. Bottomley,
	Martin K. Petersen, Daniel Lezcano, Zhang Rui, Lukasz Luba,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby, Alan Stern, Jason Wang, Xuan Zhuo,
	Eugenio Pérez, Jason Baron, Jim Cromie, Tiwei Bie,
	Benjamin Berg, Ilpo Järvinen, David E. Box,
	Maciej W. Rozycki, Srinivas Pandruvada, Peter Zijlstra,
	Heiko Carstens, Vasily Gorbik, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini,
	Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86,
	H. Peter Anvin, Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen,
	Aaron Tomlin, Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov,
	Andrew Morton, John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris,
	Serge E. Hallyn, Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine,
	linux-modules, kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor,
	linux-security-module, linux-um, linux-acpi, openipmi-developer,
	qemu-devel, intel-gfx, dri-devel, linux-rdma, linux-media,
	linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm, linuxppc-dev, linux-serial,
	linux-usb, usb-storage, virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch,
	netdev, linux-fsdevel, linux-hardening

Now that every kernel_param_ops initializer in the tree goes through
DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS, no source file outside kernel/params.c and
include/linux/moduleparam.h references the .get field by name. Take
advantage of that to rename the field to .get_str.

The bare .get name is now free for the next commit, which adds it
back as a struct seq_buf *-based callback.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/moduleparam.h | 8 ++++----
 kernel/params.c             | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index 26bf45b36d02..f5f4148e2504 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ struct kernel_param_ops {
 	/* Returns 0, or -errno.  arg is in kp->arg. */
 	int (*set)(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 	/* Returns length written or -errno.  Buffer is 4k (ie. be short!) */
-	int (*get)(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+	int (*get_str)(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 	/* Optional function to free kp->arg when module unloaded. */
 	void (*free)(void *arg);
 };
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ struct kernel_param_ops {
 #define DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(_name, _set, _get)			\
 	const struct kernel_param_ops _name = {				\
 		.set = (_set),						\
-		.get = (_get),						\
+		.get_str = (_get),					\
 	}
 
 /* As DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS, with KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG set. */
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ struct kernel_param_ops {
 	const struct kernel_param_ops _name = {				\
 		.flags = KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG,			\
 		.set = (_set),						\
-		.get = (_get),						\
+		.get_str = (_get),					\
 	}
 
 /* As DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS, with an additional .free callback. */
 #define DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FREE(_name, _set, _get, _free)		\
 	const struct kernel_param_ops _name = {				\
 		.set = (_set),						\
-		.get = (_get),						\
+		.get_str = (_get),					\
 		.free = (_free),					\
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index e19fff2926bc..6852caea1785 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ static int param_array_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	for (i = off = 0; i < (arr->num ? *arr->num : arr->max); i++) {
 		p.arg = arr->elem + arr->elemsize * i;
 		check_kparam_locked(p.mod);
-		ret = arr->ops->get(elem_buf, &p);
+		ret = arr->ops->get_str(elem_buf, &p);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;
 		ret = min(ret, (int)(PAGE_SIZE - 1 - off));
@@ -554,11 +554,11 @@ static ssize_t param_attr_show(const struct module_attribute *mattr,
 	int count;
 	const struct param_attribute *attribute = to_param_attr(mattr);
 
-	if (!attribute->param->ops->get)
+	if (!attribute->param->ops->get_str)
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	kernel_param_lock(mk->mod);
-	count = attribute->param->ops->get(buf, attribute->param);
+	count = attribute->param->ops->get_str(buf, attribute->param);
 	kernel_param_unlock(mk->mod);
 	return count;
 }
-- 
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From: Kees Cook @ 2026-05-21 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luis Chamberlain
  Cc: Kees Cook, Pengpeng Hou, Petr Pavlu, Richard Weinberger,
	Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg, Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown,
	Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo, Michael S. Tsirkin, Jani Nikula,
	Joonas Lahtinen, Rodrigo Vivi, Tvrtko Ursulin, David Airlie,
	Simona Vetter, Bart Van Assche, Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky,
	Laurent Pinchart, Hans de Goede, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
	Bjorn Helgaas, Hannes Reinecke, James E.J. Bottomley,
	Martin K. Petersen, Daniel Lezcano, Zhang Rui, Lukasz Luba,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby, Alan Stern, Jason Wang, Xuan Zhuo,
	Eugenio Pérez, Jason Baron, Jim Cromie, Tiwei Bie,
	Benjamin Berg, Ilpo Järvinen, David E. Box,
	Maciej W. Rozycki, Srinivas Pandruvada, Peter Zijlstra,
	Heiko Carstens, Vasily Gorbik, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini,
	Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86,
	H. Peter Anvin, Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen,
	Aaron Tomlin, Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov,
	Andrew Morton, John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris,
	Serge E. Hallyn, Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine,
	linux-modules, kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor,
	linux-security-module, linux-um, linux-acpi, openipmi-developer,
	qemu-devel, intel-gfx, dri-devel, linux-rdma, linux-media,
	linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm, linuxppc-dev, linux-serial,
	linux-usb, usb-storage, virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch,
	netdev, linux-fsdevel, linux-hardening

Add a new struct kernel_param_ops::get callback whose signature
takes a struct seq_buf instead of a raw char buffer:

  int (*get)(struct seq_buf *sb, const struct kernel_param *kp);

The previously-legacy .get field is now .get_str (char *buffer);
.get is the new seq_buf-aware form.  param_attr_show() prefers .get
when set, otherwise falls back to .get_str.  WARN_ON_ONCE() if both
are set.  Return contract for .get:

  < 0 : errno propagated to userspace; seq_buf contents discarded
  = 0 : success; length derived from seq_buf_used()
  > 0 : forbidden; the dispatcher WARN_ON_ONCE()s and treats as 0

The default policy on seq_buf_has_overflowed() is silent truncation,
matching scnprintf()/sysfs_emit() behaviour.  Callbacks that want a
specific overflow errno can check seq_buf_has_overflowed() and
return their preferred error.

No callbacks use .get yet; the legacy path is still the only one in use
after this commit. A subsequent commit teaches DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS
to route initializers by type.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/moduleparam.h | 13 ++++++++++++-
 kernel/params.c             | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index f5f4148e2504..c52120f6ac28 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/build_bug.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/seq_buf.h>
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -62,7 +63,17 @@ struct kernel_param_ops {
 	unsigned int flags;
 	/* Returns 0, or -errno.  arg is in kp->arg. */
 	int (*set)(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-	/* Returns length written or -errno.  Buffer is 4k (ie. be short!) */
+	/*
+	 * Format the parameter's value into @s.  Return 0 on success
+	 * (length derived from seq_buf_used()) or -errno on error.
+	 * Exactly one of .get and .get_str should be set; the dispatcher
+	 * WARNs and prefers .get if both are.
+	 */
+	int (*get)(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+	/*
+	 * Returns length written or -errno.  Buffer is 4k (ie. be short!).
+	 * Deprecated: callbacks should implement .get instead.
+	 */
 	int (*get_str)(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 	/* Optional function to free kp->arg when module unloaded. */
 	void (*free)(void *arg);
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 6852caea1785..4eda2d23ddf2 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -553,12 +553,34 @@ static ssize_t param_attr_show(const struct module_attribute *mattr,
 {
 	int count;
 	const struct param_attribute *attribute = to_param_attr(mattr);
+	const struct kernel_param_ops *ops = attribute->param->ops;
 
-	if (!attribute->param->ops->get_str)
+	if (!ops->get && !ops->get_str)
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(ops->get && ops->get_str);
+
 	kernel_param_lock(mk->mod);
-	count = attribute->param->ops->get_str(buf, attribute->param);
+	if (ops->get) {
+		struct seq_buf s;
+
+		seq_buf_init(&s, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
+		count = ops->get(&s, attribute->param);
+		if (count >= 0) {
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(count > 0);
+			count = seq_buf_used(&s);
+			/* Make sure string is terminated. */
+			seq_buf_str(&s);
+			/*
+			 * If overflowed, reduce count by 1 for trailing
+			 * NUL byte.
+			 */
+			if (seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s))
+				count--;
+		}
+	} else {
+		count = ops->get_str(buf, attribute->param);
+	}
 	kernel_param_unlock(mk->mod);
 	return count;
 }
-- 
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From: Kees Cook @ 2026-05-21 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luis Chamberlain
  Cc: Kees Cook, Pengpeng Hou, Petr Pavlu, Richard Weinberger,
	Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg, Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown,
	Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo, Michael S. Tsirkin, Jani Nikula,
	Joonas Lahtinen, Rodrigo Vivi, Tvrtko Ursulin, David Airlie,
	Simona Vetter, Bart Van Assche, Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky,
	Laurent Pinchart, Hans de Goede, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
	Bjorn Helgaas, Hannes Reinecke, James E.J. Bottomley,
	Martin K. Petersen, Daniel Lezcano, Zhang Rui, Lukasz Luba,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby, Alan Stern, Jason Wang, Xuan Zhuo,
	Eugenio Pérez, Jason Baron, Jim Cromie, Tiwei Bie,
	Benjamin Berg, Ilpo Järvinen, David E. Box,
	Maciej W. Rozycki, Srinivas Pandruvada, Peter Zijlstra,
	Heiko Carstens, Vasily Gorbik, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini,
	Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86,
	H. Peter Anvin, Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen,
	Aaron Tomlin, Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov,
	Andrew Morton, John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris,
	Serge E. Hallyn, Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine,
	linux-modules, kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor,
	linux-security-module, linux-um, linux-acpi, openipmi-developer,
	qemu-devel, intel-gfx, dri-devel, linux-rdma, linux-media,
	linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm, linuxppc-dev, linux-serial,
	linux-usb, usb-storage, virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch,
	netdev, linux-fsdevel, linux-hardening

Make the DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS family route their _get argument to
either .get (struct seq_buf *) or .get_str (char *) at compile time
based on the pointer's actual function signature. Two helper macros
do the routing:

  _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET     - return the pointer if it has the seq_buf
                              signature, otherwise NULL of that type
  _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET_STR - mirror image for the char * signature

Both use _Generic; only the two valid function-pointer types are
listed, so any third-party type is a compile error rather than
silently falling through.

Now a callback whose body has been migrated from char * to struct
seq_buf * needs no change at its kernel_param_ops initialization site,
because the macro picks up the new type automatically and assigns to
the correct field.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/moduleparam.h | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index c52120f6ac28..795bc7c654ef 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -85,15 +85,32 @@ struct kernel_param_ops {
  *
  *   static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(my_ops, my_set, my_get);
  *
- * Routing the @_set and @_get function pointers through the macro
- * (rather than naming the struct fields at every call site) lets the
- * field layout change in one place when callbacks are migrated to a
- * new signature.
+ * @_get may be either of:
+ *   int (*)(struct seq_buf *, const struct kernel_param *) (seq_buf)
+ *   int (*)(char *, const struct kernel_param *)           (legacy)
+ *
+ * The macro uses _Generic to route the function pointer to the
+ * matching field (.get or .get_str) at compile time, leaving the
+ * other field NULL. Each helper matches the wrong prototype signature
+ * and returns NULL, falling through to the default branch otherwise;
+ * if @_get has neither expected signature the assignment to the
+ * fields gets a normal compile-time type-mismatch error.
  */
+#define _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET(_get)					\
+	_Generic((_get),						\
+	    int (*)(char *, const struct kernel_param *): NULL,		\
+	    default: (_get))
+
+#define _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET_STR(_get)					\
+	_Generic((_get),						\
+	    int (*)(struct seq_buf *, const struct kernel_param *): NULL, \
+	    default: (_get))
+
 #define DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(_name, _set, _get)			\
 	const struct kernel_param_ops _name = {				\
 		.set = (_set),						\
-		.get_str = (_get),					\
+		.get = _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET(_get),			\
+		.get_str = _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET_STR(_get),		\
 	}
 
 /* As DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS, with KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG set. */
@@ -101,14 +118,16 @@ struct kernel_param_ops {
 	const struct kernel_param_ops _name = {				\
 		.flags = KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG,			\
 		.set = (_set),						\
-		.get_str = (_get),					\
+		.get = _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET(_get),			\
+		.get_str = _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET_STR(_get),		\
 	}
 
 /* As DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS, with an additional .free callback. */
 #define DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FREE(_name, _set, _get, _free)		\
 	const struct kernel_param_ops _name = {				\
 		.set = (_set),						\
-		.get_str = (_get),					\
+		.get = _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET(_get),			\
+		.get_str = _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET_STR(_get),		\
 		.free = (_free),					\
 	}
 
-- 
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  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 09/11] treewide: Convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks to seq_buf via cocci Kees Cook
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From: Kees Cook @ 2026-05-21 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luis Chamberlain
  Cc: Kees Cook, Pengpeng Hou, Petr Pavlu, Richard Weinberger,
	Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg, Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown,
	Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo, Michael S. Tsirkin, Jani Nikula,
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	Aaron Tomlin, Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov,
	Andrew Morton, John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris,
	Serge E. Hallyn, Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine,
	linux-modules, kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor,
	linux-security-module, linux-um, linux-acpi, openipmi-developer,
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	linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm, linuxppc-dev, linux-serial,
	linux-usb, usb-storage, virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch,
	netdev, linux-fsdevel, linux-hardening

Convert the generic struct kernel_param_ops .get helpers in
kernel/params.c directly to the seq_buf signature, drop their legacy
"char *" form, and refresh prototypes in <linux/moduleparam.h>:

  param_get_byte/short/ushort/int/uint/long/ulong/ullong/hexint
  param_get_charp/bool/invbool/string
  param_array_get

The STANDARD_PARAM_DEF() macro expands to a seq_buf body for every
numeric helper. param_array_get() now writes element output directly
into the parent seq_buf when the element ops provide .get; it only
allocates the per-call PAGE_SIZE bounce buffer when the element ops
still use the legacy .get_str path. The common "rewrite the prior
element's trailing newline as a comma" step lives outside both
branches so the two paths share it.

The non-core changes in this commit (arch/x86/kvm, mm/kfence,
drivers/dma/dmatest, security/apparmor) are the small set of callers that
directly invoke one of the converted generic helpers from their own .get
callback (e.g. an apparmor wrapper that adds a capability check and then
delegates to param_get_bool()). Because the helpers' signature changes
here, these wrappers must move in lockstep. Each of them is updated
to take "struct seq_buf *" and pass it through; param_get_debug() in
apparmor also pulls aa_print_debug_params() (and its val_mask_to_str()
helper, in security/apparmor/lib.c) over to seq_buf, since that is the
only consumer. No other behavioural change is intended.

Custom .get callbacks that do not delegate to a generic helper (and
therefore still match the .get_str signature) are routed automatically
to the .get_str field by the DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS _Generic dispatcher
and are deliberately left alone here, to be changed separately within
their respective subsystems.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/moduleparam.h     | 26 +++++------
 security/apparmor/include/lib.h |  3 +-
 mm/kfence/core.c                |  8 ++--
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c          | 16 ++++---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c         |  8 ++--
 drivers/dma/dmatest.c           | 14 +++---
 kernel/params.c                 | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 security/apparmor/lib.c         | 27 +++++------
 security/apparmor/lsm.c         | 25 ++++++-----
 9 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index 795bc7c654ef..38acb5aef56b 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -500,61 +500,61 @@ void module_destroy_params(const struct kernel_param *params, unsigned int num);
 
 extern const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_byte;
 int param_set_byte(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-int param_get_byte(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+int param_get_byte(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_byte(name, p) __param_check(name, p, unsigned char)
 
 extern const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_short;
 int param_set_short(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-int param_get_short(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+int param_get_short(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_short(name, p) __param_check(name, p, short)
 
 extern const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_ushort;
 int param_set_ushort(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-int param_get_ushort(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+int param_get_ushort(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_ushort(name, p) __param_check(name, p, unsigned short)
 
 extern const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_int;
 int param_set_int(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-int param_get_int(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+int param_get_int(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_int(name, p) __param_check(name, p, int)
 
 extern const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_uint;
 int param_set_uint(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-int param_get_uint(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+int param_get_uint(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 int param_set_uint_minmax(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp,
 		unsigned int min, unsigned int max);
 #define param_check_uint(name, p) __param_check(name, p, unsigned int)
 
 extern const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_long;
 int param_set_long(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-int param_get_long(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+int param_get_long(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_long(name, p) __param_check(name, p, long)
 
 extern const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_ulong;
 int param_set_ulong(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-int param_get_ulong(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+int param_get_ulong(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_ulong(name, p) __param_check(name, p, unsigned long)
 
 extern const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_ullong;
 int param_set_ullong(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-int param_get_ullong(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+int param_get_ullong(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_ullong(name, p) __param_check(name, p, unsigned long long)
 
 extern const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_hexint;
 int param_set_hexint(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-int param_get_hexint(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+int param_get_hexint(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_hexint(name, p) param_check_uint(name, p)
 
 extern const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_charp;
 int param_set_charp(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-int param_get_charp(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+int param_get_charp(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 void param_free_charp(void *arg);
 #define param_check_charp(name, p) __param_check(name, p, char *)
 
 /* We used to allow int as well as bool.  We're taking that away! */
 extern const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_bool;
 int param_set_bool(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-int param_get_bool(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+int param_get_bool(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_bool(name, p) __param_check(name, p, bool)
 
 extern const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_bool_enable_only;
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ int param_set_bool_enable_only(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
 extern const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_invbool;
 int param_set_invbool(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-int param_get_invbool(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+int param_get_invbool(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_invbool(name, p) __param_check(name, p, bool)
 
 /* An int, which can only be set like a bool (though it shows as an int). */
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ extern const struct kernel_param_ops param_array_ops;
 
 extern const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_string;
 int param_set_copystring(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-int param_get_string(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+int param_get_string(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
 /* for exporting parameters in /sys/module/.../parameters */
 
diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/lib.h b/security/apparmor/include/lib.h
index 8c6ce8484552..966082075e61 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/include/lib.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/include/lib.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/lsm_hooks.h>
+#include <linux/seq_buf.h>
 
 #include "match.h"
 
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ do {									\
 #endif
 
 int aa_parse_debug_params(const char *str);
-int aa_print_debug_params(char *buffer);
+int aa_print_debug_params(struct seq_buf *s);
 
 #define AA_ERROR(fmt, args...)						\
 	pr_err_ratelimited("AppArmor: " fmt, ##args)
diff --git a/mm/kfence/core.c b/mm/kfence/core.c
index e14102c01520..bfa936f09978 100644
--- a/mm/kfence/core.c
+++ b/mm/kfence/core.c
@@ -84,10 +84,12 @@ static int param_set_sample_interval(const char *val, const struct kernel_param
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int param_get_sample_interval(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_sample_interval(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!READ_ONCE(kfence_enabled))
-		return sprintf(buffer, "0\n");
+	if (!READ_ONCE(kfence_enabled)) {
+		seq_buf_puts(buffer, "0\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	return param_get_ulong(buffer, kp);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 996818ee9b09..5e9a2690d335 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static uint __read_mostly nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio = 0;
 static uint __read_mostly nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio = 60;
 #endif
 
-static int get_nx_huge_pages(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int get_nx_huge_pages(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int set_nx_huge_pages(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int set_nx_huge_pages_recovery_param(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
@@ -7493,15 +7493,19 @@ static void kvm_wake_nx_recovery_thread(struct kvm *kvm)
 		vhost_task_wake(nx_thread);
 }
 
-static int get_nx_huge_pages(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int get_nx_huge_pages(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	int val = *(int *)kp->arg;
 
-	if (nx_hugepage_mitigation_hard_disabled)
-		return sysfs_emit(buffer, "never\n");
+	if (nx_hugepage_mitigation_hard_disabled) {
+		seq_buf_puts(buffer, "never\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
 
-	if (val == -1)
-		return sysfs_emit(buffer, "auto\n");
+	if (val == -1) {
+		seq_buf_puts(buffer, "auto\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	return param_get_bool(buffer, kp);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
index 7907f9addff9..6c3b4626c5c1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
@@ -77,12 +77,14 @@ static int avic_param_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return param_set_bint(val, kp);
 }
 
-static int avic_param_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int avic_param_get(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	int val = *(int *)kp->arg;
 
-	if (val == AVIC_AUTO_MODE)
-		return sysfs_emit(buffer, "N\n");
+	if (val == AVIC_AUTO_MODE) {
+		seq_buf_puts(buffer, "N\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	return param_get_bool(buffer, kp);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
index a7bddadcc52d..828298faca16 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
@@ -153,14 +153,14 @@ static struct dmatest_info {
 };
 
 static int dmatest_run_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static int dmatest_run_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int dmatest_run_get(struct seq_buf *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(run_ops, dmatest_run_set, dmatest_run_get);
 static bool dmatest_run;
 module_param_cb(run, &run_ops, &dmatest_run, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(run, "Run the test (default: false)");
 
 static int dmatest_chan_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static int dmatest_chan_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int dmatest_chan_get(struct seq_buf *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(multi_chan_ops, dmatest_chan_set,
 			       dmatest_chan_get);
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static struct kparam_string newchan_kps = {
 module_param_cb(channel, &multi_chan_ops, &newchan_kps, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(channel, "Bus ID of the channel to test (default: any)");
 
-static int dmatest_test_list_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int dmatest_test_list_get(struct seq_buf *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(test_list_ops, NULL, dmatest_test_list_get);
 module_param_cb(test_list, &test_list_ops, NULL, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(test_list, "Print current test list");
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static bool is_threaded_test_pending(struct dmatest_info *info)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static int dmatest_wait_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int dmatest_wait_get(struct seq_buf *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	struct dmatest_info *info = &test_info;
 	struct dmatest_params *params = &info->params;
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ static void start_threaded_tests(struct dmatest_info *info)
 	run_pending_tests(info);
 }
 
-static int dmatest_run_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int dmatest_run_get(struct seq_buf *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	struct dmatest_info *info = &test_info;
 
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ static int dmatest_chan_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int dmatest_chan_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int dmatest_chan_get(struct seq_buf *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	struct dmatest_info *info = &test_info;
 
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ static int dmatest_chan_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return param_get_string(val, kp);
 }
 
-static int dmatest_test_list_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int dmatest_test_list_get(struct seq_buf *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	struct dmatest_info *info = &test_info;
 	struct dmatest_chan *dtc;
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 4eda2d23ddf2..25f0c8d5d19f 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -212,15 +212,16 @@ char *parse_args(const char *doing,
 }
 
 /* Lazy bastard, eh? */
-#define STANDARD_PARAM_DEF(name, type, format, strtolfn)      		\
+#define STANDARD_PARAM_DEF(name, type, format, strtolfn)		\
 	int param_set_##name(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp) \
 	{								\
 		return strtolfn(val, 0, (type *)kp->arg);		\
 	}								\
-	int param_get_##name(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp) \
+	int param_get_##name(struct seq_buf *s,				\
+			     const struct kernel_param *kp)		\
 	{								\
-		return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, format "\n",	\
-				*((type *)kp->arg));			\
+		seq_buf_printf(s, format "\n", *((type *)kp->arg));	\
+		return 0;						\
 	}								\
 	DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_##name,			\
 				param_set_##name, param_get_##name);	\
@@ -285,9 +286,10 @@ int param_set_charp(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_set_charp);
 
-int param_get_charp(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+int param_get_charp(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", *((char **)kp->arg));
+	seq_buf_printf(s, "%s\n", *((char **)kp->arg));
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_get_charp);
 
@@ -312,10 +314,11 @@ int param_set_bool(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_set_bool);
 
-int param_get_bool(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+int param_get_bool(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	/* Y and N chosen as being relatively non-coder friendly */
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%c\n", *(bool *)kp->arg ? 'Y' : 'N');
+	seq_buf_printf(s, "%c\n", *(bool *)kp->arg ? 'Y' : 'N');
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_get_bool);
 
@@ -365,9 +368,10 @@ int param_set_invbool(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_set_invbool);
 
-int param_get_invbool(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+int param_get_invbool(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%c\n", (*(bool *)kp->arg) ? 'N' : 'Y');
+	seq_buf_printf(s, "%c\n", (*(bool *)kp->arg) ? 'N' : 'Y');
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_get_invbool);
 
@@ -453,36 +457,46 @@ static int param_array_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 			   arr->num ?: &temp_num);
 }
 
-static int param_array_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_array_get(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	int i, off, ret;
-	char *elem_buf;
 	const struct kparam_array *arr = kp->arr;
 	struct kernel_param p = *kp;
+	char *elem_buf = NULL;
+	int i, ret = 0;
 
-	elem_buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!elem_buf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	for (i = 0; i < (arr->num ? *arr->num : arr->max); i++) {
+		size_t before = s->len;
 
-	for (i = off = 0; i < (arr->num ? *arr->num : arr->max); i++) {
 		p.arg = arr->elem + arr->elemsize * i;
 		check_kparam_locked(p.mod);
-		ret = arr->ops->get_str(elem_buf, &p);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			goto out;
-		ret = min(ret, (int)(PAGE_SIZE - 1 - off));
-		if (!ret)
+
+		if (arr->ops->get) {
+			ret = arr->ops->get(s, &p);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				goto out;
+		} else {
+			if (!elem_buf) {
+				elem_buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+				if (!elem_buf) {
+					ret = -ENOMEM;
+					goto out;
+				}
+			}
+			ret = arr->ops->get_str(elem_buf, &p);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				goto out;
+			seq_buf_putmem(s, elem_buf, ret);
+		}
+
+		/* Nothing got written (e.g. overflow) — stop. */
+		if (s->len == before)
 			break;
+
 		/* Replace the previous element's trailing newline with a comma. */
-		if (i)
-			buffer[off - 1] = ',';
-		memcpy(buffer + off, elem_buf, ret);
-		off += ret;
-		if (off == PAGE_SIZE - 1)
-			break;
+		if (i && s->buffer[before - 1] == '\n')
+			s->buffer[before - 1] = ',';
 	}
-	buffer[off] = '\0';
-	ret = off;
+	ret = 0;
 out:
 	kfree(elem_buf);
 	return ret;
@@ -517,10 +531,12 @@ int param_set_copystring(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_set_copystring);
 
-int param_get_string(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+int param_get_string(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	const struct kparam_string *kps = kp->str;
-	return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", kps->string);
+
+	seq_buf_printf(s, "%s\n", kps->string);
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_get_string);
 
diff --git a/security/apparmor/lib.c b/security/apparmor/lib.c
index e41ff57798b2..eef136add5b4 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lib.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lib.c
@@ -85,37 +85,32 @@ int aa_parse_debug_params(const char *str)
 
 /**
  * val_mask_to_str - convert a perm mask to its short string
- * @str: character buffer to store string in (at least 10 characters)
- * @size: size of the @str buffer
+ * @s: seq_buf to store string in
  * @table: NUL-terminated character buffer of permission characters (NOT NULL)
  * @mask: permission mask to convert
  */
-static int val_mask_to_str(char *str, size_t size,
-			   const struct val_table_ent *table, u32 mask)
+static void val_mask_to_str(struct seq_buf *s,
+			    const struct val_table_ent *table, u32 mask)
 {
 	const struct val_table_ent *ent;
-	int total = 0;
+	bool first = true;
 
 	for (ent = table; ent->str; ent++) {
 		if (ent->value && (ent->value & mask) == ent->value) {
-			int len = scnprintf(str, size, "%s%s", total ? "," : "",
-					    ent->str);
-			size -= len;
-			str += len;
-			total += len;
+			seq_buf_printf(s, "%s%s", first ? "" : ",", ent->str);
+			first = false;
 			mask &= ~ent->value;
 		}
 	}
-
-	return total;
 }
 
-int aa_print_debug_params(char *buffer)
+int aa_print_debug_params(struct seq_buf *s)
 {
 	if (!aa_g_debug)
-		return sprintf(buffer, "N");
-	return val_mask_to_str(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, debug_values_table,
-			       aa_g_debug);
+		seq_buf_puts(s, "N");
+	else
+		val_mask_to_str(s, debug_values_table, aa_g_debug);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 bool aa_resize_str_table(struct aa_str_table *t, int newsize, gfp_t gfp)
diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index 8a253c743363..a6815b4bd0da 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/seq_buf.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/audit.h>
@@ -1765,20 +1766,20 @@ static struct security_hook_list apparmor_hooks[] __ro_after_init = {
  */
 
 static int param_set_aabool(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static int param_get_aabool(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int param_get_aabool(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_aabool param_check_bool
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_NOARG(param_ops_aabool, param_set_aabool,
 				     param_get_aabool);
 
 static int param_set_aauint(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static int param_get_aauint(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int param_get_aauint(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_aauint param_check_uint
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_aauint, param_set_aauint,
 			       param_get_aauint);
 
 static int param_set_aacompressionlevel(const char *val,
 					const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static int param_get_aacompressionlevel(char *buffer,
+static int param_get_aacompressionlevel(struct seq_buf *buffer,
 					const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_aacompressionlevel param_check_int
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_aacompressionlevel,
@@ -1786,14 +1787,14 @@ static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_aacompressionlevel,
 			       param_get_aacompressionlevel);
 
 static int param_set_aalockpolicy(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static int param_get_aalockpolicy(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int param_get_aalockpolicy(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_aalockpolicy param_check_bool
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_NOARG(param_ops_aalockpolicy,
 				     param_set_aalockpolicy,
 				     param_get_aalockpolicy);
 
 static int param_set_debug(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static int param_get_debug(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int param_get_debug(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
 static int param_set_audit(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int param_get_audit(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
@@ -1868,7 +1869,7 @@ module_param_named(path_max, aa_g_path_max, aauint, S_IRUSR);
 bool aa_g_paranoid_load = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR_PARANOID_LOAD);
 module_param_named(paranoid_load, aa_g_paranoid_load, aabool, S_IRUGO);
 
-static int param_get_aaintbool(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int param_get_aaintbool(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int param_set_aaintbool(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 #define param_check_aaintbool param_check_int
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_aaintbool, param_set_aaintbool,
@@ -1898,7 +1899,7 @@ static int param_set_aalockpolicy(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp
 	return param_set_bool(val, kp);
 }
 
-static int param_get_aalockpolicy(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_aalockpolicy(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1916,7 +1917,7 @@ static int param_set_aabool(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return param_set_bool(val, kp);
 }
 
-static int param_get_aabool(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_aabool(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1942,7 +1943,7 @@ static int param_set_aauint(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int param_get_aauint(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_aauint(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1978,7 +1979,7 @@ static int param_set_aaintbool(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
  * display in the /sys filesystem, while keeping it "int" for the LSM
  * infrastructure.
  */
-static int param_get_aaintbool(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_aaintbool(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	struct kernel_param kp_local;
 	bool value;
@@ -2011,7 +2012,7 @@ static int param_set_aacompressionlevel(const char *val,
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int param_get_aacompressionlevel(char *buffer,
+static int param_get_aacompressionlevel(struct seq_buf *buffer,
 					const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
@@ -2021,7 +2022,7 @@ static int param_get_aacompressionlevel(char *buffer,
 	return param_get_int(buffer, kp);
 }
 
-static int param_get_debug(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_debug(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
-- 
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* [PATCH 09/11] treewide: Convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks to seq_buf via cocci
  2026-05-21 13:33 [PATCH 00/11] Convert moduleparams to seq_buf Kees Cook
                   ` (7 preceding siblings ...)
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 08/11] params: Convert generic kernel_param_ops .get helpers to seq_buf Kees Cook
@ 2026-05-21 13:33 ` Kees Cook
  2026-05-21 13:45   ` Sean Christopherson
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 10/11] treewide: Manually convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks Kees Cook
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 11/11] moduleparam: Drop legacy kernel_param_ops .get_str field and dispatch logic Kees Cook
  10 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread
From: Kees Cook @ 2026-05-21 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luis Chamberlain
  Cc: Kees Cook, Pengpeng Hou, Petr Pavlu, Richard Weinberger,
	Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg, Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown,
	Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo, Michael S. Tsirkin, Jani Nikula,
	Joonas Lahtinen, Rodrigo Vivi, Tvrtko Ursulin, David Airlie,
	Simona Vetter, Bart Van Assche, Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky,
	Laurent Pinchart, Hans de Goede, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
	Bjorn Helgaas, Hannes Reinecke, James E.J. Bottomley,
	Martin K. Petersen, Daniel Lezcano, Zhang Rui, Lukasz Luba,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby, Alan Stern, Jason Wang, Xuan Zhuo,
	Eugenio Pérez, Jason Baron, Jim Cromie, Tiwei Bie,
	Benjamin Berg, Ilpo Järvinen, David E. Box,
	Maciej W. Rozycki, Srinivas Pandruvada, Peter Zijlstra,
	Heiko Carstens, Vasily Gorbik, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini,
	Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86,
	H. Peter Anvin, Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen,
	Aaron Tomlin, Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov,
	Andrew Morton, John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris,
	Serge E. Hallyn, Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine,
	linux-modules, kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor,
	linux-security-module, linux-um, linux-acpi, openipmi-developer,
	qemu-devel, intel-gfx, dri-devel, linux-rdma, linux-media,
	linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm, linuxppc-dev, linux-serial,
	linux-usb, usb-storage, virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch,
	netdev, linux-fsdevel, linux-hardening

Using the following Coccinelle script, convert struct kernel_param_ops
.get callbacks from "char *" to "struct seq_buf *" when the only write
to the buffer is via a final call of scnprintf(), snprintf(), sprintf(),
or sysfs_emit().

Since seq_buf_printf() will return -1 on overflow, and struct
kernel_param_ops .get callbacks are expected to truncate without error,
we must ignore the return value from seq_buf_print() and always return 0
(as the length is calculated in the common dispatcher code).

@@
identifier FN, BUF, KP;
expression FMT;
expression list ARGS;
@@
 int FN(
-               char *BUF
+               struct seq_buf *BUF
                , const struct kernel_param *KP)
 {
        ... when any
(
-       return scnprintf(BUF, PAGE_SIZE, FMT, ARGS);
|
-       return snprintf(BUF, PAGE_SIZE, FMT, ARGS);
|
-       return sprintf(BUF, FMT, ARGS);
|
-       return sysfs_emit(BUF, FMT, ARGS);
)
+       seq_buf_printf(BUF, FMT, ARGS);
+       return 0;
 }

No struct kernel_param_ops initializations need changing since
DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS already routes the pointer to .get or .get_str
via _Generic based on the function signature, so converted callbacks
are automatically moved from the .get_str to the .get callback.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
 arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c               |  6 ++-
 arch/x86/kernel/msr.c                         |  5 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c                        | 18 ++++---
 arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c                 | 12 +++--
 drivers/acpi/ec.c                             | 14 ++++--
 drivers/acpi/sysfs.c                          |  6 ++-
 drivers/block/ublk_drv.c                      |  5 +-
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c           |  6 ++-
 drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c              | 12 +++--
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c                   |  7 +--
 drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c           |  7 +--
 drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c         |  5 +-
 drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c              | 10 ++--
 drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c            |  9 ++--
 drivers/md/md.c                               |  5 +-
 drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-core.c        |  6 ++-
 drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c                 |  5 +-
 drivers/power/supply/test_power.c             | 47 +++++++++++--------
 drivers/target/target_core_user.c             | 12 +++--
 .../processor_thermal_soc_slider.c            | 12 +++--
 drivers/ufs/core/ufs-fault-injection.c        |  7 +--
 drivers/vhost/scsi.c                          |  5 +-
 fs/nfs/namespace.c                            |  6 ++-
 fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c                        |  5 +-
 fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c                        |  5 +-
 kernel/locking/locktorture.c                  |  6 ++-
 kernel/rcu/tree.c                             |  6 ++-
 kernel/workqueue.c                            |  6 ++-
 lib/test_dynamic_debug.c                      |  6 ++-
 mm/damon/lru_sort.c                           | 14 +++---
 mm/damon/reclaim.c                            | 14 +++---
 mm/damon/stat.c                               | 10 ++--
 mm/memory_hotplug.c                           | 18 ++++---
 net/ceph/ceph_common.c                        |  5 +-
 net/sunrpc/auth.c                             |  6 ++-
 net/sunrpc/svc.c                              |  5 +-
 security/apparmor/lsm.c                       | 16 ++++---
 37 files changed, 218 insertions(+), 131 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
index 76119542562b..75b0d441d238 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
@@ -1991,11 +1991,13 @@ static int s390_pmu_sf_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 	return cpusf_pmu_setup(cpu, PMC_RELEASE);
 }
 
-static int param_get_sfb_size(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_sfb_size(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			      const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	if (!cpum_sf_avail())
 		return -ENODEV;
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%lu,%lu", CPUM_SF_MIN_SDB, CPUM_SF_MAX_SDB);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%lu,%lu", CPUM_SF_MIN_SDB, CPUM_SF_MAX_SDB);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int param_set_sfb_size(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
index 5f4e1814dc4d..9f07f66c3cfc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static int set_allow_writes(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *cp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int get_allow_writes(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int get_allow_writes(struct seq_buf *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	const char *res;
 
@@ -319,7 +319,8 @@ static int get_allow_writes(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	default: res = "default"; break;
 	}
 
-	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", res);
+	seq_buf_printf(buf, "%s\n", res);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(allow_writes_ops, set_allow_writes,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 07f4c7209ac0..00317774a90b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -368,12 +368,16 @@ static int vmentry_l1d_flush_set(const char *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int vmentry_l1d_flush_get(char *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int vmentry_l1d_flush_get(struct seq_buf *s,
+				 const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(l1tf_vmx_mitigation >= ARRAY_SIZE(vmentry_l1d_param)))
-		return sysfs_emit(s, "???\n");
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(l1tf_vmx_mitigation >= ARRAY_SIZE(vmentry_l1d_param))) {
+		seq_buf_printf(s, "???\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
 
-	return sysfs_emit(s, "%s\n", vmentry_l1d_param[l1tf_vmx_mitigation].option);
+	seq_buf_printf(s, "%s\n", vmentry_l1d_param[l1tf_vmx_mitigation].option);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -459,9 +463,11 @@ static int vmentry_l1d_flush_set(const char *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	pr_warn_once("Kernel compiled without mitigations, ignoring vmentry_l1d_flush\n");
 	return 0;
 }
-static int vmentry_l1d_flush_get(char *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int vmentry_l1d_flush_get(struct seq_buf *s,
+				 const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sysfs_emit(s, "never\n");
+	seq_buf_printf(s, "never\n");
+	return 0;
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c b/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c
index a7ac80b5f8d9..c401369efe22 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c
@@ -111,9 +111,11 @@ module_param_named(dump_loglevel, uv_nmi_loglevel, int, 0644);
  * The following values show statistics on how perf events are affecting
  * this system.
  */
-static int param_get_local64(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_local64(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			     const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%lu\n", local64_read((local64_t *)kp->arg));
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%lu\n", local64_read((local64_t *)kp->arg));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int param_set_local64(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
@@ -207,9 +209,11 @@ static const char * const actions_desc[nmi_act_max] = {
 
 static enum action_t uv_nmi_action = nmi_act_dump;
 
-static int param_get_action(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_action(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			    const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n", actions[uv_nmi_action]);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n", actions[uv_nmi_action]);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int param_set_action(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 45204538ed87..6478e5290faf 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -2236,18 +2236,22 @@ static int param_set_event_clearing(const char *val,
 	return result;
 }
 
-static int param_get_event_clearing(char *buffer,
+static int param_get_event_clearing(struct seq_buf *buffer,
 				    const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	switch (ec_event_clearing) {
 	case ACPI_EC_EVT_TIMING_STATUS:
-		return sprintf(buffer, "status\n");
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "status\n");
+		return 0;
 	case ACPI_EC_EVT_TIMING_QUERY:
-		return sprintf(buffer, "query\n");
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "query\n");
+		return 0;
 	case ACPI_EC_EVT_TIMING_EVENT:
-		return sprintf(buffer, "event\n");
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "event\n");
+		return 0;
 	default:
-		return sprintf(buffer, "invalid\n");
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "invalid\n");
+		return 0;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
index 3d32a5280432..5247ed7e05cc 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
@@ -192,9 +192,11 @@ static int param_set_trace_method_name(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int param_get_trace_method_name(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_trace_method_name(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				       const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sysfs_emit(buffer, "%s\n", acpi_gbl_trace_method_name);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n", acpi_gbl_trace_method_name);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_trace_method,
diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index f7bf7ea2d088..ea35662381bf 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -5868,10 +5868,11 @@ static int ublk_set_max_unprivileged_ublks(const char *buf,
 	return param_set_uint_minmax(buf, kp, 0, UBLK_MAX_UBLKS);
 }
 
-static int ublk_get_max_unprivileged_ublks(char *buf,
+static int ublk_get_max_unprivileged_ublks(struct seq_buf *buf,
 					   const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", unprivileged_ublks_max);
+	seq_buf_printf(buf, "%u\n", unprivileged_ublks_max);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(ublk_max_unprivileged_ublks_ops,
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index b5fed11707e8..45941605b88f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ static int panic_op_write_handler(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int panic_op_read_handler(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int panic_op_read_handler(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				 const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	const char *event_str;
 
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ static int panic_op_read_handler(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	else
 		event_str = ipmi_panic_event_str[ipmi_send_panic_event];
 
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n", event_str);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n", event_str);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(panic_op_ops, panic_op_write_handler,
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
index ef57df53e087..1bdb497e354e 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
@@ -2694,12 +2694,16 @@ static irqreturn_t qcom_scm_irq_handler(int irq, void *data)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static int get_download_mode(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int get_download_mode(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			     const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (download_mode >= ARRAY_SIZE(download_mode_name))
-		return sysfs_emit(buffer, "unknown mode\n");
+	if (download_mode >= ARRAY_SIZE(download_mode_name)) {
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "unknown mode\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
 
-	return sysfs_emit(buffer, "%s\n", download_mode_name[download_mode]);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n", download_mode_name[download_mode]);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int set_download_mode(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c
index c35d1adf2ce3..8b3b749284f0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c
@@ -841,10 +841,11 @@ static int drm_panic_type_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static int drm_panic_type_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int drm_panic_type_get(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			      const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n",
-			 drm_panic_type_map[drm_panic_type]);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n", drm_panic_type_map[drm_panic_type]);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(drm_panic_ops, drm_panic_type_set,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c
index 5b9b0b38b419..3c3f8d4db99d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(cu, "Credit return units");
 
 unsigned long hfi1_cap_mask = HFI1_CAP_MASK_DEFAULT;
 static int hfi1_caps_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static int hfi1_caps_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int hfi1_caps_get(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(cap_ops, hfi1_caps_set, hfi1_caps_get);
 module_param_cb(cap_mask, &cap_ops, &hfi1_cap_mask, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(cap_mask, "Bit mask of enabled/disabled HW features");
@@ -101,14 +101,15 @@ static int hfi1_caps_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int hfi1_caps_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int hfi1_caps_get(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	unsigned long cap_mask = *(unsigned long *)kp->arg;
 
 	cap_mask &= ~HFI1_CAP_LOCKED_SMASK;
 	cap_mask |= ((cap_mask & HFI1_CAP_K2U) << HFI1_CAP_USER_SHIFT);
 
-	return sysfs_emit(buffer, "0x%lx\n", cap_mask);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "0x%lx\n", cap_mask);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 struct pci_dev *get_pci_dev(struct rvt_dev_info *rdi)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
index 9aec5d80117f..97c77d52a86a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
@@ -86,9 +86,10 @@ static int srpt_set_u64_x(const char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	return kstrtou64(buffer, 16, (u64 *)kp->arg);
 }
-static int srpt_get_u64_x(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int srpt_get_u64_x(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "0x%016llx\n", *(u64 *)kp->arg);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "0x%016llx\n", *(u64 *)kp->arg);
+	return 0;
 }
 module_param_call(srpt_service_guid, srpt_set_u64_x, srpt_get_u64_x,
 		  &srpt_service_guid, 0444);
diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c b/drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c
index 8b4ef7e163d3..d101fe1c2c4c 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c
@@ -63,12 +63,13 @@ static int ati_remote2_set_channel_mask(const char *val,
 	return ati_remote2_set_mask(val, kp, ATI_REMOTE2_MAX_CHANNEL_MASK);
 }
 
-static int ati_remote2_get_channel_mask(char *buffer,
+static int ati_remote2_get_channel_mask(struct seq_buf *buffer,
 					const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	pr_debug("%s()\n", __func__);
 
-	return sprintf(buffer, "0x%04x\n", *(unsigned int *)kp->arg);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "0x%04x\n", *(unsigned int *)kp->arg);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int ati_remote2_set_mode_mask(const char *val,
@@ -79,12 +80,13 @@ static int ati_remote2_set_mode_mask(const char *val,
 	return ati_remote2_set_mask(val, kp, ATI_REMOTE2_MAX_MODE_MASK);
 }
 
-static int ati_remote2_get_mode_mask(char *buffer,
+static int ati_remote2_get_mode_mask(struct seq_buf *buffer,
 				     const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	pr_debug("%s()\n", __func__);
 
-	return sprintf(buffer, "0x%02x\n", *(unsigned int *)kp->arg);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "0x%02x\n", *(unsigned int *)kp->arg);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static unsigned int channel_mask = ATI_REMOTE2_MAX_CHANNEL_MASK;
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
index f9ebb1fd0b6f..39a9b87e69d1 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
 static unsigned int psmouse_max_proto = PSMOUSE_AUTO;
 static int psmouse_set_maxproto(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *);
-static int psmouse_get_maxproto(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int psmouse_get_maxproto(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_proto_abbrev, psmouse_set_maxproto,
 			       psmouse_get_maxproto);
 #define param_check_proto_abbrev(name, p)	__param_check(name, p, unsigned int)
@@ -1994,11 +1995,13 @@ static int psmouse_set_maxproto(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int psmouse_get_maxproto(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int psmouse_get_maxproto(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	int type = *((unsigned int *)kp->arg);
 
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n", psmouse_protocol_by_type(type)->name);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n", psmouse_protocol_by_type(type)->name);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int __init psmouse_init(void)
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 8b568eee8743..ce3eb1396ad0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -10989,9 +10989,10 @@ static __exit void md_exit(void)
 subsys_initcall(md_init);
 module_exit(md_exit)
 
-static int get_ro(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int get_ro(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%d\n", start_readonly);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%d\n", start_readonly);
+	return 0;
 }
 static int set_ro(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-core.c b/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-core.c
index a10e38221817..35a6ff8d77fc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-core.c
@@ -69,9 +69,11 @@ static const char *dma_mode_name(unsigned int mode)
 	}
 }
 
-static int tw686x_dma_mode_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int tw686x_dma_mode_get(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			       const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%s", dma_mode_name(dma_mode));
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s", dma_mode_name(dma_mode));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int tw686x_dma_mode_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index f7362377e427..e0c87447074d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ static int nvme_set_iopolicy(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nvme_get_iopolicy(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int nvme_get_iopolicy(struct seq_buf *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", nvme_iopolicy_names[iopolicy]);
+	seq_buf_printf(buf, "%s\n", nvme_iopolicy_names[iopolicy]);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 module_param_call(iopolicy, nvme_set_iopolicy, nvme_get_iopolicy,
diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/test_power.c b/drivers/power/supply/test_power.c
index 0bf2bef3383a..9dcd588ab5c9 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/test_power.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/test_power.c
@@ -490,10 +490,12 @@ static int param_set_ac_online(const char *key, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int param_get_ac_online(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_ac_online(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			       const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n",
-			map_get_key(map_ac_online, ac_online, "unknown"));
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n",
+		       map_get_key(map_ac_online, ac_online, "unknown"));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int param_set_usb_online(const char *key, const struct kernel_param *kp)
@@ -503,10 +505,12 @@ static int param_set_usb_online(const char *key, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int param_get_usb_online(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_usb_online(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n",
-			map_get_key(map_ac_online, usb_online, "unknown"));
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n",
+		       map_get_key(map_ac_online, usb_online, "unknown"));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int param_set_battery_status(const char *key,
@@ -517,10 +521,12 @@ static int param_set_battery_status(const char *key,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int param_get_battery_status(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_battery_status(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				    const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n",
-			map_get_key(map_ac_online, battery_status, "unknown"));
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n",
+		       map_get_key(map_ac_online, battery_status, "unknown"));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int param_set_battery_health(const char *key,
@@ -531,10 +537,12 @@ static int param_set_battery_health(const char *key,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int param_get_battery_health(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_battery_health(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				    const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n",
-			map_get_key(map_ac_online, battery_health, "unknown"));
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n",
+		       map_get_key(map_ac_online, battery_health, "unknown"));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int param_set_battery_present(const char *key,
@@ -545,11 +553,12 @@ static int param_set_battery_present(const char *key,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int param_get_battery_present(char *buffer,
+static int param_get_battery_present(struct seq_buf *buffer,
 					const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n",
-			map_get_key(map_ac_online, battery_present, "unknown"));
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n",
+		       map_get_key(map_ac_online, battery_present, "unknown"));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int param_set_battery_technology(const char *key,
@@ -561,12 +570,12 @@ static int param_set_battery_technology(const char *key,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int param_get_battery_technology(char *buffer,
+static int param_get_battery_technology(struct seq_buf *buffer,
 					const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n",
-			map_get_key(map_ac_online, battery_technology,
-					"unknown"));
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n",
+		       map_get_key(map_ac_online, battery_technology, "unknown"));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int param_set_battery_capacity(const char *key,
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
index 676a12b44e88..5e8817a63726 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
@@ -249,10 +249,11 @@ static int tcmu_set_global_max_data_area(const char *str,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int tcmu_get_global_max_data_area(char *buffer,
+static int tcmu_get_global_max_data_area(struct seq_buf *buffer,
 					 const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%d\n", TCMU_PAGES_TO_MBS(tcmu_global_max_pages));
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%d\n", TCMU_PAGES_TO_MBS(tcmu_global_max_pages));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(tcmu_global_max_data_area_op,
@@ -265,11 +266,12 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(global_max_data_area_mb,
 		 "Max MBs allowed to be allocated to all the tcmu device's "
 		 "data areas.");
 
-static int tcmu_get_block_netlink(char *buffer,
+static int tcmu_get_block_netlink(struct seq_buf *buffer,
 				  const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n", tcmu_netlink_blocked ?
-		       "blocked" : "unblocked");
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n",
+		       tcmu_netlink_blocked ? "blocked" : "unblocked");
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int tcmu_set_block_netlink(const char *str,
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_soc_slider.c b/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_soc_slider.c
index 68275c3f2c9b..1a68721748d9 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_soc_slider.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_soc_slider.c
@@ -77,10 +77,12 @@ static int slider_def_balance_set(const char *arg, const struct kernel_param *kp
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int slider_def_balance_get(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int slider_def_balance_get(struct seq_buf *buf,
+				  const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	guard(mutex)(&slider_param_lock);
-	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%02x\n", slider_values[SOC_POWER_SLIDER_BALANCE]);
+	seq_buf_printf(buf, "%02x\n", slider_values[SOC_POWER_SLIDER_BALANCE]);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(slider_def_balance_ops, slider_def_balance_set,
@@ -109,10 +111,12 @@ static int slider_def_offset_set(const char *arg, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int slider_def_offset_get(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int slider_def_offset_get(struct seq_buf *buf,
+				 const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	guard(mutex)(&slider_param_lock);
-	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%02x\n", slider_offset);
+	seq_buf_printf(buf, "%02x\n", slider_offset);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(slider_offset_ops, slider_def_offset_set,
diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-fault-injection.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-fault-injection.c
index 7d2873da7dc5..88f348b41614 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-fault-injection.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufs-fault-injection.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <ufs/ufshcd.h>
 #include "ufs-fault-injection.h"
 
-static int ufs_fault_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int ufs_fault_get(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int ufs_fault_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(ufs_fault_ops, ufs_fault_set, ufs_fault_get);
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout,
 	"Fault injection. timeout=<interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>");
 static DECLARE_FAULT_ATTR(ufs_timeout_attr);
 
-static int ufs_fault_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int ufs_fault_get(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	const char *fault_str = kp->arg;
 
-	return sysfs_emit(buffer, "%s\n", fault_str);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n", fault_str);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int ufs_fault_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
index fd52f2213e27..23ca63ebf3d2 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
@@ -81,10 +81,11 @@ static int vhost_scsi_set_inline_sg_cnt(const char *buf,
 }
 #endif
 
-static int vhost_scsi_get_inline_sg_cnt(char *buf,
+static int vhost_scsi_get_inline_sg_cnt(struct seq_buf *buf,
 					const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", vhost_scsi_inline_sg_cnt);
+	seq_buf_printf(buf, "%u\n", vhost_scsi_inline_sg_cnt);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(vhost_scsi_inline_sg_cnt_op,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index f2fba60dc5ed..5b7debe5274b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ static int param_set_nfs_timeout(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int param_get_nfs_timeout(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_nfs_timeout(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				 const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	long num = *((int *)kp->arg);
 
@@ -369,7 +370,8 @@ static int param_get_nfs_timeout(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 			num = (num + (HZ - 1)) / HZ;
 	} else
 		num = -1;
-	return sysfs_emit(buffer, "%li\n", num);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%li\n", num);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_nfs_timeout, param_set_nfs_timeout,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
index 5821e33df78f..8fd759d31ff9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
@@ -78,10 +78,11 @@ static int param_set_dlmfs_capabilities(const char *val,
 	printk(KERN_ERR "%s: readonly parameter\n", kp->name);
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
-static int param_get_dlmfs_capabilities(char *buffer,
+static int param_get_dlmfs_capabilities(struct seq_buf *buffer,
 					const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sysfs_emit(buffer, DLMFS_CAPABILITIES);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, DLMFS_CAPABILITIES);
+	return 0;
 }
 module_param_call(capabilities, param_set_dlmfs_capabilities,
 		  param_get_dlmfs_capabilities, NULL, 0444);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 13cb60b52bd6..d9a21b813b4f 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ static int ovl_ccup_set(const char *buf, const struct kernel_param *param)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int ovl_ccup_get(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *param)
+static int ovl_ccup_get(struct seq_buf *buf, const struct kernel_param *param)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "N\n");
+	seq_buf_printf(buf, "N\n");
+	return 0;
 }
 
 module_param_call(check_copy_up, ovl_ccup_set, ovl_ccup_get, NULL, 0644);
diff --git a/kernel/locking/locktorture.c b/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
index 38ae3b596ef2..9c9b6dc25888 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
@@ -86,11 +86,13 @@ static int param_set_cpumask(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 
 // Output a cpumask kernel parameter.
-static int param_get_cpumask(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_cpumask(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			     const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	cpumask_var_t *cm_bind = kp->arg;
 
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%*pbl", cpumask_pr_args(*cm_bind));
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%*pbl", cpumask_pr_args(*cm_bind));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static bool cpumask_nonempty(cpumask_var_t mask)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index e675d7f1b4ee..ffbbb7d4ff2a 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3970,9 +3970,11 @@ static int param_set_do_rcu_barrier(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *
 /*
  * Output the number of outstanding rcutree.do_rcu_barrier requests.
  */
-static int param_get_do_rcu_barrier(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_do_rcu_barrier(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				    const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%d\n", atomic_read((atomic_t *)kp->arg));
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%d\n", atomic_read((atomic_t *)kp->arg));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(do_rcu_barrier_ops, param_set_do_rcu_barrier,
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 42562b811d94..3fe338d2ca64 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -7157,9 +7157,11 @@ static int wq_affn_dfl_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int wq_affn_dfl_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int wq_affn_dfl_get(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			   const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", wq_affn_names[wq_affn_dfl]);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n", wq_affn_names[wq_affn_dfl]);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(wq_affn_dfl_ops, wq_affn_dfl_set,
diff --git a/lib/test_dynamic_debug.c b/lib/test_dynamic_debug.c
index 30880b6c726a..70faf8ede76d 100644
--- a/lib/test_dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/test_dynamic_debug.c
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ static int param_set_do_prints(const char *instr, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	do_prints();
 	return 0;
 }
-static int param_get_do_prints(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_do_prints(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			       const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	do_prints();
-	return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "did do_prints\n");
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "did do_prints\n");
+	return 0;
 }
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_do_prints, param_set_do_prints,
 			       param_get_do_prints);
diff --git a/mm/damon/lru_sort.c b/mm/damon/lru_sort.c
index 5feb93c5262e..84e607f76126 100644
--- a/mm/damon/lru_sort.c
+++ b/mm/damon/lru_sort.c
@@ -438,10 +438,11 @@ static int damon_lru_sort_enabled_store(const char *val,
 	return damon_lru_sort_turn(enabled);
 }
 
-static int damon_lru_sort_enabled_load(char *buffer,
-		const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int damon_lru_sort_enabled_load(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				       const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%c\n", damon_lru_sort_enabled() ? 'Y' : 'N');
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%c\n", damon_lru_sort_enabled() ? 'Y' : 'N');
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(enabled_param_ops, damon_lru_sort_enabled_store,
@@ -461,8 +462,8 @@ static int damon_lru_sort_kdamond_pid_store(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int damon_lru_sort_kdamond_pid_load(char *buffer,
-		const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int damon_lru_sort_kdamond_pid_load(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+					   const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	int kdamond_pid = -1;
 
@@ -471,7 +472,8 @@ static int damon_lru_sort_kdamond_pid_load(char *buffer,
 		if (kdamond_pid < 0)
 			kdamond_pid = -1;
 	}
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%d\n", kdamond_pid);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%d\n", kdamond_pid);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(kdamond_pid_param_ops,
diff --git a/mm/damon/reclaim.c b/mm/damon/reclaim.c
index 27e772b095fa..546bdf356a40 100644
--- a/mm/damon/reclaim.c
+++ b/mm/damon/reclaim.c
@@ -340,10 +340,11 @@ static int damon_reclaim_enabled_store(const char *val,
 	return damon_reclaim_turn(enabled);
 }
 
-static int damon_reclaim_enabled_load(char *buffer,
-		const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int damon_reclaim_enabled_load(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				      const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%c\n", damon_reclaim_enabled() ? 'Y' : 'N');
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%c\n", damon_reclaim_enabled() ? 'Y' : 'N');
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(enabled_param_ops, damon_reclaim_enabled_store,
@@ -363,8 +364,8 @@ static int damon_reclaim_kdamond_pid_store(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int damon_reclaim_kdamond_pid_load(char *buffer,
-		const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int damon_reclaim_kdamond_pid_load(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+					  const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	int kdamond_pid = -1;
 
@@ -373,7 +374,8 @@ static int damon_reclaim_kdamond_pid_load(char *buffer,
 		if (kdamond_pid < 0)
 			kdamond_pid = -1;
 	}
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%d\n", kdamond_pid);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%d\n", kdamond_pid);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(kdamond_pid_param_ops,
diff --git a/mm/damon/stat.c b/mm/damon/stat.c
index 6eb548793802..70d6b477fc0b 100644
--- a/mm/damon/stat.c
+++ b/mm/damon/stat.c
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 static int damon_stat_enabled_store(
 		const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
-static int damon_stat_enabled_load(char *buffer,
-		const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int damon_stat_enabled_load(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				   const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(enabled_param_ops, damon_stat_enabled_store,
 			       damon_stat_enabled_load);
@@ -306,9 +306,11 @@ static int damon_stat_enabled_store(
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int damon_stat_enabled_load(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int damon_stat_enabled_load(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				   const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%c\n", damon_stat_enabled() ? 'Y' : 'N');
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%c\n", damon_stat_enabled() ? 'Y' : 'N');
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int __init damon_stat_init(void)
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 42e0cf313281..887c18a193ac 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -100,13 +100,17 @@ static int set_memmap_mode(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int get_memmap_mode(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int get_memmap_mode(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			   const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	int mode = *((int *)kp->arg);
 
-	if (mode == MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY_FORCE)
-		return sprintf(buffer, "force\n");
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%c\n", mode ? 'Y' : 'N');
+	if (mode == MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY_FORCE) {
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "force\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%c\n", mode ? 'Y' : 'N');
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(memmap_mode_ops, set_memmap_mode,
@@ -147,9 +151,11 @@ static int set_online_policy(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int get_online_policy(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int get_online_policy(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			     const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n", online_policy_to_str[*((int *)kp->arg)]);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n", online_policy_to_str[*((int *)kp->arg)]);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/ceph/ceph_common.c b/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
index 633202a99e4a..583b11a2489c 100644
--- a/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
+++ b/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@ bool libceph_compatible(void *data)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(libceph_compatible);
 
-static int param_get_supported_features(char *buffer,
+static int param_get_supported_features(struct seq_buf *buffer,
 					const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "0x%llx", CEPH_FEATURES_SUPPORTED_DEFAULT);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "0x%llx", CEPH_FEATURES_SUPPORTED_DEFAULT);
+	return 0;
 }
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_supported_features, NULL,
 			       param_get_supported_features);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index 64a3e894fd4c..5a2b64dcf9e5 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -73,12 +73,14 @@ static int param_set_hashtbl_sz(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static int param_get_hashtbl_sz(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_hashtbl_sz(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	unsigned int nbits;
 
 	nbits = *(unsigned int *)kp->arg;
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%u\n", 1U << nbits);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%u\n", 1U << nbits);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #define param_check_hashtbl_sz(name, p) __param_check(name, p, unsigned int);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 576fa42e7abf..26b85077ecc8 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ sunrpc_get_pool_mode(char *buf, size_t size)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sunrpc_get_pool_mode);
 
 static int
-param_get_pool_mode(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+param_get_pool_mode(struct seq_buf *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	char str[16];
 	int len;
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ param_get_pool_mode(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	str[len] = '\n';
 	str[len + 1] = '\0';
 
-	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s", str);
+	seq_buf_printf(buf, "%s", str);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 module_param_call(pool_mode, param_set_pool_mode, param_get_pool_mode,
diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index a6815b4bd0da..748d08c57f60 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -1797,10 +1797,11 @@ static int param_set_debug(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static int param_get_debug(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
 static int param_set_audit(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static int param_get_audit(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int param_get_audit(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			   const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
 static int param_set_mode(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-static int param_get_mode(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int param_get_mode(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
 /* Flag values, also controllable via /sys/module/apparmor/parameters
  * We define special types as we want to do additional mediation.
@@ -2050,13 +2051,15 @@ static int param_set_debug(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int param_get_audit(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_audit(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			   const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (apparmor_initialized && !aa_current_policy_view_capable(NULL))
 		return -EPERM;
-	return sysfs_emit(buffer, "%s\n", audit_mode_names[aa_g_audit]);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n", audit_mode_names[aa_g_audit]);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int param_set_audit(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
@@ -2078,13 +2081,14 @@ static int param_set_audit(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int param_get_mode(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_mode(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (apparmor_initialized && !aa_current_policy_view_capable(NULL))
 		return -EPERM;
-	return sysfs_emit(buffer, "%s\n", aa_profile_mode_names[aa_g_profile_mode]);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n", aa_profile_mode_names[aa_g_profile_mode]);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int param_set_mode(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH 10/11] treewide: Manually convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks
  2026-05-21 13:33 [PATCH 00/11] Convert moduleparams to seq_buf Kees Cook
                   ` (8 preceding siblings ...)
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  2026-05-21 17:44   ` Jani Nikula
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 11/11] moduleparam: Drop legacy kernel_param_ops .get_str field and dispatch logic Kees Cook
  10 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread
From: Kees Cook @ 2026-05-21 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luis Chamberlain
  Cc: Kees Cook, Pengpeng Hou, Petr Pavlu, Richard Weinberger,
	Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg, Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown,
	Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo, Michael S. Tsirkin, Jani Nikula,
	Joonas Lahtinen, Rodrigo Vivi, Tvrtko Ursulin, David Airlie,
	Simona Vetter, Bart Van Assche, Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky,
	Laurent Pinchart, Hans de Goede, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
	Bjorn Helgaas, Hannes Reinecke, James E.J. Bottomley,
	Martin K. Petersen, Daniel Lezcano, Zhang Rui, Lukasz Luba,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby, Alan Stern, Jason Wang, Xuan Zhuo,
	Eugenio Pérez, Jason Baron, Jim Cromie, Tiwei Bie,
	Benjamin Berg, Ilpo Järvinen, David E. Box,
	Maciej W. Rozycki, Srinivas Pandruvada, Peter Zijlstra,
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	H. Peter Anvin, Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen,
	Aaron Tomlin, Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov,
	Andrew Morton, John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris,
	Serge E. Hallyn, Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine,
	linux-modules, kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor,
	linux-security-module, linux-um, linux-acpi, openipmi-developer,
	qemu-devel, intel-gfx, dri-devel, linux-rdma, linux-media,
	linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm, linuxppc-dev, linux-serial,
	linux-usb, usb-storage, virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch,
	netdev, linux-fsdevel, linux-hardening

Convert struct kernel_param_ops .get callbacks from legacy "char *" to
"struct seq_buf *".

Since seq_buf_printf() will return -1 on overflow, and struct
kernel_param_ops .get callbacks are expected to truncate without error,
we must ignore the return value from seq_buf_print() and always return 0
(as the length is calculated in the common dispatcher code).

No struct kernel_param_ops initializations need changing since
DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS already routes the pointer to .get or .get_str
via _Generic based on the function signature, so converted callbacks
are automatically moved from the .get_str to the .get callback.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/dynamic_debug.h            |  8 ++-
 arch/um/drivers/vfio_kern.c              |  3 +-
 arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c             | 12 ++--
 drivers/acpi/button.c                    | 19 ++++--
 drivers/acpi/sysfs.c                     | 83 +++++++++++-------------
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c        | 33 ++++------
 drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c           | 34 +++++-----
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mitigations.c  | 26 ++++----
 drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c      |  7 +-
 drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c       |  8 ++-
 drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c                  | 17 +++--
 drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_transport.c       | 22 +++----
 drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c | 14 ++--
 drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_iucv.c               | 18 ++---
 drivers/usb/storage/usb.c                | 20 +++---
 drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c             | 21 +++---
 lib/dynamic_debug.c                      | 10 ++-
 17 files changed, 178 insertions(+), 177 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
index 05743900a116..999a25671b6a 100644
--- a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
+++ b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
@@ -334,8 +334,10 @@ void __dynamic_ibdev_dbg(struct _ddebug *descriptor,
 extern int ddebug_dyndbg_module_param_cb(char *param, char *val,
 					const char *modname);
 struct kernel_param;
+struct seq_buf;
 int param_set_dyndbg_classes(const char *instr, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-int param_get_dyndbg_classes(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+int param_get_dyndbg_classes(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			     const struct kernel_param *kp);
 
 #else
 
@@ -352,9 +354,11 @@ static inline int ddebug_dyndbg_module_param_cb(char *param, char *val,
 }
 
 struct kernel_param;
+struct seq_buf;
 static inline int param_set_dyndbg_classes(const char *instr, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 { return 0; }
-static inline int param_get_dyndbg_classes(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static inline int param_get_dyndbg_classes(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+					   const struct kernel_param *kp)
 { return 0; }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/vfio_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/vfio_kern.c
index fb7988dc5482..7c1119d0d9c1 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/vfio_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/vfio_kern.c
@@ -623,7 +623,8 @@ static int uml_vfio_cmdline_set(const char *device, const struct kernel_param *k
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int uml_vfio_cmdline_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int uml_vfio_cmdline_get(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c b/arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c
index f9ae745f4586..cea806540625 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c
@@ -1379,23 +1379,21 @@ static int vu_cmdline_get_device(struct device *dev, void *data)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
 	struct virtio_uml_platform_data *pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
-	char *buffer = data;
-	unsigned int len = strlen(buffer);
+	struct seq_buf *s = data;
 
-	snprintf(buffer + len, PAGE_SIZE - len, "%s:%d:%d\n",
-		 pdata->socket_path, pdata->virtio_device_id, pdev->id);
+	seq_buf_printf(s, "%s:%d:%d\n",
+		       pdata->socket_path, pdata->virtio_device_id, pdev->id);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int vu_cmdline_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int vu_cmdline_get(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	guard(mutex)(&vu_cmdline_lock);
 
-	buffer[0] = '\0';
 	if (vu_cmdline_parent_registered)
 		device_for_each_child(&vu_cmdline_parent, buffer,
 				      vu_cmdline_get_device);
-	return strlen(buffer) + 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(vu_cmdline_param_ops, vu_cmdline_set,
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/button.c b/drivers/acpi/button.c
index dc064a388c23..31c624bebc65 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/button.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/button.c
@@ -715,19 +715,24 @@ static int param_set_lid_init_state(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int param_get_lid_init_state(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_lid_init_state(struct seq_buf *buf,
+				    const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	int i, c = 0;
+	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(lid_init_state_str); i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(lid_init_state_str); i++) {
 		if (i == lid_init_state)
-			c += sprintf(buf + c, "[%s] ", lid_init_state_str[i]);
+			seq_buf_printf(buf, "[%s] ", lid_init_state_str[i]);
 		else
-			c += sprintf(buf + c, "%s ", lid_init_state_str[i]);
+			seq_buf_printf(buf, "%s ", lid_init_state_str[i]);
+	}
 
-	buf[c - 1] = '\n'; /* Replace the final space with a newline */
+	/* Replace the final space with a newline. */
+	if (!seq_buf_has_overflowed(buf) && buf->len > 0 &&
+	    buf->buffer[buf->len - 1] == ' ')
+		buf->buffer[buf->len - 1] = '\n';
 
-	return c;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 module_param_call(lid_init_state,
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
index 5247ed7e05cc..dff7cc7da8bf 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
@@ -89,53 +89,49 @@ static const struct acpi_dlevel acpi_debug_levels[] = {
 	ACPI_DEBUG_INIT(ACPI_LV_EVENTS),
 };
 
-static int param_get_debug_layer(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_debug_layer(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				 const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	int result = 0;
 	int i;
 
-	result = sprintf(buffer, "%-25s\tHex        SET\n", "Description");
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%-25s\tHex        SET\n", "Description");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(acpi_debug_layers); i++) {
-		result += sprintf(buffer + result, "%-25s\t0x%08lX [%c]\n",
-				  acpi_debug_layers[i].name,
-				  acpi_debug_layers[i].value,
-				  (acpi_dbg_layer & acpi_debug_layers[i].value)
-				  ? '*' : ' ');
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%-25s\t0x%08lX [%c]\n",
+			       acpi_debug_layers[i].name,
+			       acpi_debug_layers[i].value,
+			       (acpi_dbg_layer & acpi_debug_layers[i].value)
+			       ? '*' : ' ');
 	}
-	result +=
-	    sprintf(buffer + result, "%-25s\t0x%08X [%c]\n", "ACPI_ALL_DRIVERS",
-		    ACPI_ALL_DRIVERS,
-		    (acpi_dbg_layer & ACPI_ALL_DRIVERS) ==
-		    ACPI_ALL_DRIVERS ? '*' : (acpi_dbg_layer & ACPI_ALL_DRIVERS)
-		    == 0 ? ' ' : '-');
-	result +=
-	    sprintf(buffer + result,
-		    "--\ndebug_layer = 0x%08X ( * = enabled)\n",
-		    acpi_dbg_layer);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%-25s\t0x%08X [%c]\n", "ACPI_ALL_DRIVERS",
+		       ACPI_ALL_DRIVERS,
+		       (acpi_dbg_layer & ACPI_ALL_DRIVERS) == ACPI_ALL_DRIVERS
+		       ? '*' : (acpi_dbg_layer & ACPI_ALL_DRIVERS) == 0
+		       ? ' ' : '-');
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "--\ndebug_layer = 0x%08X ( * = enabled)\n",
+		       acpi_dbg_layer);
 
-	return result;
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static int param_get_debug_level(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_debug_level(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				 const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	int result = 0;
 	int i;
 
-	result = sprintf(buffer, "%-25s\tHex        SET\n", "Description");
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%-25s\tHex        SET\n", "Description");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(acpi_debug_levels); i++) {
-		result += sprintf(buffer + result, "%-25s\t0x%08lX [%c]\n",
-				  acpi_debug_levels[i].name,
-				  acpi_debug_levels[i].value,
-				  (acpi_dbg_level & acpi_debug_levels[i].value)
-				  ? '*' : ' ');
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%-25s\t0x%08lX [%c]\n",
+			       acpi_debug_levels[i].name,
+			       acpi_debug_levels[i].value,
+			       (acpi_dbg_level & acpi_debug_levels[i].value)
+			       ? '*' : ' ');
 	}
-	result +=
-	    sprintf(buffer + result, "--\ndebug_level = 0x%08X (* = enabled)\n",
-		    acpi_dbg_level);
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "--\ndebug_level = 0x%08X (* = enabled)\n",
+		       acpi_dbg_level);
 
-	return result;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_debug_layer, param_set_uint,
@@ -247,16 +243,18 @@ static int param_set_trace_state(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int param_get_trace_state(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_trace_state(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				 const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	if (!(acpi_gbl_trace_flags & ACPI_TRACE_ENABLED))
-		return sprintf(buffer, "disable\n");
-	if (!acpi_gbl_trace_method_name)
-		return sprintf(buffer, "enable\n");
-	if (acpi_gbl_trace_flags & ACPI_TRACE_ONESHOT)
-		return sprintf(buffer, "method-once\n");
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "disable\n");
+	else if (!acpi_gbl_trace_method_name)
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "enable\n");
+	else if (acpi_gbl_trace_flags & ACPI_TRACE_ONESHOT)
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "method-once\n");
 	else
-		return sprintf(buffer, "method\n");
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "method\n");
+	return 0;
 }
 
 module_param_call(trace_state, param_set_trace_state, param_get_trace_state,
@@ -272,14 +270,11 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(aml_debug_output,
 		 "To enable/disable the ACPI Debug Object output.");
 
 /* /sys/module/acpi/parameters/acpica_version */
-static int param_get_acpica_version(char *buffer,
+static int param_get_acpica_version(struct seq_buf *buffer,
 				    const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	int result;
-
-	result = sprintf(buffer, "%x\n", ACPI_CA_VERSION);
-
-	return result;
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%x\n", ACPI_CA_VERSION);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 module_param_call(acpica_version, NULL, param_get_acpica_version, NULL, 0444);
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
index 91a99417d204..2bfec85ef331 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@ static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(param_ops_timeout, set_param_timeout,
 			       param_get_int);
 #define param_check_timeout param_check_int
 
-typedef int (*action_fn)(const char *intval, char *outval);
+typedef int (*action_fn)(const char *intval, struct seq_buf *outval);
 
-static int action_op(const char *inval, char *outval);
-static int preaction_op(const char *inval, char *outval);
-static int preop_op(const char *inval, char *outval);
+static int action_op(const char *inval, struct seq_buf *outval);
+static int preaction_op(const char *inval, struct seq_buf *outval);
+static int preop_op(const char *inval, struct seq_buf *outval);
 static void check_parms(void);
 
 static int set_param_str(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
@@ -227,20 +227,11 @@ static int set_param_str(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return rv;
 }
 
-static int get_param_str(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int get_param_str(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	action_fn fn = (action_fn) kp->arg;
-	int rv, len;
 
-	rv = fn(NULL, buffer);
-	if (rv)
-		return rv;
-
-	len = strlen(buffer);
-	buffer[len++] = '\n';
-	buffer[len] = 0;
-
-	return len;
+	return fn(NULL, buffer);
 }
 
 
@@ -1154,12 +1145,12 @@ static int action_op_set_val(const char *inval)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int action_op(const char *inval, char *outval)
+static int action_op(const char *inval, struct seq_buf *outval)
 {
 	int rv;
 
 	if (outval)
-		strcpy(outval, action);
+		seq_buf_printf(outval, "%s\n", action);
 
 	if (!inval)
 		return 0;
@@ -1186,12 +1177,12 @@ static int preaction_op_set_val(const char *inval)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int preaction_op(const char *inval, char *outval)
+static int preaction_op(const char *inval, struct seq_buf *outval)
 {
 	int rv;
 
 	if (outval)
-		strcpy(outval, preaction);
+		seq_buf_printf(outval, "%s\n", preaction);
 
 	if (!inval)
 		return 0;
@@ -1214,12 +1205,12 @@ static int preop_op_set_val(const char *inval)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int preop_op(const char *inval, char *outval)
+static int preop_op(const char *inval, struct seq_buf *outval)
 {
 	int rv;
 
 	if (outval)
-		strcpy(outval, preop);
+		seq_buf_printf(outval, "%s\n", preop);
 
 	if (!inval)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
index c87a5449ba8c..4ebc1e327849 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
@@ -860,7 +860,8 @@ static int fw_cfg_cmdline_set(const char *arg, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(fw_cfg_cmdline_dev);
 }
 
-static int fw_cfg_cmdline_get(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int fw_cfg_cmdline_get(struct seq_buf *buf,
+			      const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	/* stay silent if device was not configured via the command
 	 * line, or if the parameter name (ioport/mmio) doesn't match
@@ -873,22 +874,25 @@ static int fw_cfg_cmdline_get(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 
 	switch (fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->num_resources) {
 	case 1:
-		return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, PH_ADDR_PR_1_FMT,
-				resource_size(&fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[0]),
-				fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[0].start);
+		seq_buf_printf(buf, PH_ADDR_PR_1_FMT,
+			       resource_size(&fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[0]),
+			       fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[0].start);
+		return 0;
 	case 3:
-		return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, PH_ADDR_PR_3_FMT,
-				resource_size(&fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[0]),
-				fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[0].start,
-				fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[1].start,
-				fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[2].start);
+		seq_buf_printf(buf, PH_ADDR_PR_3_FMT,
+			       resource_size(&fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[0]),
+			       fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[0].start,
+			       fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[1].start,
+			       fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[2].start);
+		return 0;
 	case 4:
-		return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, PH_ADDR_PR_4_FMT,
-				resource_size(&fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[0]),
-				fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[0].start,
-				fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[1].start,
-				fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[2].start,
-				fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[3].start);
+		seq_buf_printf(buf, PH_ADDR_PR_4_FMT,
+			       resource_size(&fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[0]),
+			       fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[0].start,
+			       fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[1].start,
+			       fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[2].start,
+			       fw_cfg_cmdline_dev->resource[3].start);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* Should never get here */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mitigations.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mitigations.c
index 6061eae84e9c..99cb38f355b6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mitigations.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mitigations.c
@@ -95,33 +95,37 @@ static int mitigations_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int mitigations_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int mitigations_get(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			   const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	unsigned long local = READ_ONCE(mitigations);
-	int count, i;
 	bool enable;
+	int i;
 
-	if (!local)
-		return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", "off");
+	if (!local) {
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n", "off");
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	if (local & BIT(BITS_PER_LONG - 1)) {
-		count = scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%s,", "auto");
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s,", "auto");
 		enable = false;
 	} else {
 		enable = true;
-		count = 0;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(names); i++) {
 		if ((local & BIT(i)) != enable)
 			continue;
-
-		count += scnprintf(buffer + count, PAGE_SIZE - count,
-				   "%s%s,", enable ? "" : "!", names[i]);
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s%s,", enable ? "" : "!", names[i]);
 	}
 
-	buffer[count - 1] = '\n';
-	return count;
+	/* Replace the trailing comma with a newline. */
+	if (!seq_buf_has_overflowed(buffer) && buffer->len > 0 &&
+	    buffer->buffer[buffer->len - 1] == ',')
+		buffer->buffer[buffer->len - 1] = '\n';
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(ops, mitigations_set, mitigations_get);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
index a81515f52a4f..4f53e939eec1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
@@ -161,14 +161,15 @@ static struct ib_client srp_client = {
 
 static struct ib_sa_client srp_sa_client;
 
-static int srp_tmo_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int srp_tmo_get(struct seq_buf *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	int tmo = *(int *)kp->arg;
 
 	if (tmo >= 0)
-		return sysfs_emit(buffer, "%d\n", tmo);
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%d\n", tmo);
 	else
-		return sysfs_emit(buffer, "off\n");
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "off\n");
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int srp_tmo_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
index 2338cab7fef9..1c5c40ce852d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
@@ -2451,12 +2451,14 @@ static int uvc_reset_resume(struct usb_interface *intf)
  * Module parameters
  */
 
-static int uvc_clock_param_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int uvc_clock_param_get(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			       const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	if (uvc_clock_param == CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
-		return sprintf(buffer, "CLOCK_MONOTONIC");
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "CLOCK_MONOTONIC");
 	else
-		return sprintf(buffer, "CLOCK_REALTIME");
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "CLOCK_REALTIME");
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int uvc_clock_param_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c
index 925373b98dff..af2dd668fe4d 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c
@@ -1572,16 +1572,19 @@ static int pcie_aspm_set_policy(const char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int pcie_aspm_get_policy(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int pcie_aspm_get_policy(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	int i, cnt = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(policy_str); i++)
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(policy_str); i++) {
 		if (i == aspm_policy)
-			cnt += sprintf(buffer + cnt, "[%s] ", policy_str[i]);
+			seq_buf_printf(buffer, "[%s] ", policy_str[i]);
 		else
-			cnt += sprintf(buffer + cnt, "%s ", policy_str[i]);
-	cnt += sprintf(buffer + cnt, "\n");
-	return cnt;
+			seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s ", policy_str[i]);
+	}
+	seq_buf_putc(buffer, '\n');
+	return 0;
 }
 
 module_param_call(policy, pcie_aspm_set_policy, pcie_aspm_get_policy,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_transport.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_transport.c
index 88d85fc9a52a..aa10514ec46e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_transport.c
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 
 static int fcoe_transport_create(const char *, const struct kernel_param *);
 static int fcoe_transport_destroy(const char *, const struct kernel_param *);
-static int fcoe_transport_show(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static int fcoe_transport_show(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			       const struct kernel_param *kp);
 static struct fcoe_transport *fcoe_transport_lookup(struct net_device *device);
 static struct fcoe_transport *fcoe_netdev_map_lookup(struct net_device *device);
 static int fcoe_transport_enable(const char *, const struct kernel_param *);
@@ -595,22 +596,21 @@ int fcoe_transport_detach(struct fcoe_transport *ft)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fcoe_transport_detach);
 
-static int fcoe_transport_show(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int fcoe_transport_show(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			       const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	int i, j;
 	struct fcoe_transport *ft = NULL;
 
-	i = j = sprintf(buffer, "Attached FCoE transports:");
+	seq_buf_printf(buffer, "Attached FCoE transports:");
 	mutex_lock(&ft_mutex);
-	list_for_each_entry(ft, &fcoe_transports, list) {
-		if (i >= PAGE_SIZE - IFNAMSIZ)
-			break;
-		i += snprintf(&buffer[i], IFNAMSIZ, "%s ", ft->name);
+	if (list_empty(&fcoe_transports)) {
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "none");
+	} else {
+		list_for_each_entry(ft, &fcoe_transports, list)
+			seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s ", ft->name);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&ft_mutex);
-	if (i == j)
-		i += snprintf(&buffer[i], IFNAMSIZ, "none");
-	return i;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int __init fcoe_transport_init(void)
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c b/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
index 98fbc6892714..50ec1a0ff1ab 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
@@ -101,15 +101,13 @@ static int duration_set(const char *arg, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int duration_get(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int duration_get(struct seq_buf *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	mutex_lock(&powerclamp_lock);
-	ret = sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", duration / 1000);
+	seq_buf_printf(buf, "%d\n", duration / 1000);
 	mutex_unlock(&powerclamp_lock);
 
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(duration_ops, duration_set, duration_get);
@@ -192,12 +190,14 @@ static int cpumask_set(const char *arg, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int cpumask_get(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int cpumask_get(struct seq_buf *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	if (!cpumask_available(idle_injection_cpu_mask))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	return cpumap_print_to_pagebuf(false, buf, idle_injection_cpu_mask);
+	seq_buf_printf(buf, "%*pb\n", nr_cpu_ids,
+		       cpumask_bits(idle_injection_cpu_mask));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(cpumask_ops, cpumask_set, cpumask_get);
diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_iucv.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_iucv.c
index 29612a4a32cb..b27c1dfbd249 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_iucv.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_iucv.c
@@ -1256,36 +1256,32 @@ static int param_set_vmidfilter(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 
 /**
  * param_get_vmidfilter() - Get z/VM user ID filter
- * @buffer:	Buffer to store z/VM user ID filter,
- *		(buffer size assumption PAGE_SIZE)
+ * @buffer:	seq_buf to store z/VM user ID filter
  * @kp:		Kernel parameter pointing to the hvc_iucv_filter array
  *
  * The function stores the filter as a comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs
  * in @buffer. Typically, sysfs routines call this function for attr show.
  */
-static int param_get_vmidfilter(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int param_get_vmidfilter(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+				const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	int rc;
 	size_t index, len;
 	void *start, *end;
 
 	if (!machine_is_vm() || !hvc_iucv_devices)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	rc = 0;
 	read_lock_bh(&hvc_iucv_filter_lock);
 	for (index = 0; index < hvc_iucv_filter_size; index++) {
 		start = hvc_iucv_filter + (8 * index);
 		end   = memchr(start, ' ', 8);
 		len   = (end) ? end - start : 8;
-		memcpy(buffer + rc, start, len);
-		rc += len;
-		buffer[rc++] = ',';
+		if (index)
+			seq_buf_putc(buffer, ',');
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%.*s", (int)len, (char *)start);
 	}
 	read_unlock_bh(&hvc_iucv_filter_lock);
-	if (rc)
-		buffer[--rc] = '\0';	/* replace last comma and update rc */
-	return rc;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #define param_check_vmidfilter(name, p) __param_check(name, p, void)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
index 71dd623b95c9..637e1b8f622f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
@@ -115,27 +115,22 @@ static int parse_delay_str(const char *str, int ndecimals, const char *suffix,
  * @val: The integer value to format, scaled by 10^(@ndecimals).
  * @ndecimals: Number of decimal to scale down.
  * @suffix: Suffix string to format.
- * @str: Where to store the formatted string.
- * @size: The size of buffer for @str.
+ * @s: Where to store the formatted string.
  *
  * Format an integer value in @val scale down by 10^(@ndecimals) without @suffix
  * if @val is divisible by 10^(@ndecimals).
  * Otherwise format a value in @val just as it is with @suffix
- *
- * Returns the number of characters written into @str.
  */
-static int format_delay_ms(unsigned int val, int ndecimals, const char *suffix,
-			char *str, int size)
+static void format_delay_ms(unsigned int val, int ndecimals, const char *suffix,
+			    struct seq_buf *s)
 {
 	u64 delay_ms = val;
 	unsigned int rem = do_div(delay_ms, int_pow(10, ndecimals));
-	int ret;
 
 	if (rem)
-		ret = scnprintf(str, size, "%u%s\n", val, suffix);
+		seq_buf_printf(s, "%u%s\n", val, suffix);
 	else
-		ret = scnprintf(str, size, "%u\n", (unsigned int)delay_ms);
-	return ret;
+		seq_buf_printf(s, "%u\n", (unsigned int)delay_ms);
 }
 
 static int delay_use_set(const char *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
@@ -151,11 +146,12 @@ static int delay_use_set(const char *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int delay_use_get(char *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int delay_use_get(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	unsigned int delay_ms = *((unsigned int *)kp->arg);
 
-	return format_delay_ms(delay_ms, 3, "ms", s, PAGE_SIZE);
+	format_delay_ms(delay_ms, 3, "ms", s);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(delay_use_ops, delay_use_set, delay_use_get);
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c
index f6df9c76ee81..81a7455e4643 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c
@@ -728,24 +728,21 @@ static int vm_cmdline_set(const char *device,
 
 static int vm_cmdline_get_device(struct device *dev, void *data)
 {
-	char *buffer = data;
-	unsigned int len = strlen(buffer);
+	struct seq_buf *s = data;
 	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
 
-	snprintf(buffer + len, PAGE_SIZE - len, "0x%llx@0x%llx:%llu:%d\n",
-			pdev->resource[0].end - pdev->resource[0].start + 1ULL,
-			(unsigned long long)pdev->resource[0].start,
-			(unsigned long long)pdev->resource[1].start,
-			pdev->id);
+	seq_buf_printf(s, "0x%llx@0x%llx:%llu:%d\n",
+		       pdev->resource[0].end - pdev->resource[0].start + 1ULL,
+		       (unsigned long long)pdev->resource[0].start,
+		       (unsigned long long)pdev->resource[1].start,
+		       pdev->id);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int vm_cmdline_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static int vm_cmdline_get(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	buffer[0] = '\0';
-	device_for_each_child(&vm_cmdline_parent, buffer,
-			vm_cmdline_get_device);
-	return strlen(buffer) + 1;
+	device_for_each_child(&vm_cmdline_parent, s, vm_cmdline_get_device);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(vm_cmdline_param_ops, vm_cmdline_set,
diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index cf0405ba0dbd..123f061c2fb2 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/seq_buf.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
@@ -787,7 +788,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_set_dyndbg_classes);
  * altered by direct >control.  Displays 0x for DISJOINT, 0-N for
  * LEVEL Returns: #chars written or <0 on error
  */
-int param_get_dyndbg_classes(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+int param_get_dyndbg_classes(struct seq_buf *buffer,
+			     const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	const struct ddebug_class_param *dcp = kp->arg;
 	const struct ddebug_class_map *map = dcp->map;
@@ -796,11 +798,13 @@ int param_get_dyndbg_classes(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 
 	case DD_CLASS_TYPE_DISJOINT_NAMES:
 	case DD_CLASS_TYPE_DISJOINT_BITS:
-		return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "0x%lx\n", *dcp->bits);
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "0x%lx\n", *dcp->bits);
+		return 0;
 
 	case DD_CLASS_TYPE_LEVEL_NAMES:
 	case DD_CLASS_TYPE_LEVEL_NUM:
-		return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", *dcp->lvl);
+		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%d\n", *dcp->lvl);
+		return 0;
 	default:
 		return -1;
 	}
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH 11/11] moduleparam: Drop legacy kernel_param_ops .get_str field and dispatch logic
  2026-05-21 13:33 [PATCH 00/11] Convert moduleparams to seq_buf Kees Cook
                   ` (9 preceding siblings ...)
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 10/11] treewide: Manually convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks Kees Cook
@ 2026-05-21 13:33 ` Kees Cook
  10 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Kees Cook @ 2026-05-21 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luis Chamberlain
  Cc: Kees Cook, Pengpeng Hou, Petr Pavlu, Richard Weinberger,
	Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg, Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown,
	Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo, Michael S. Tsirkin, Jani Nikula,
	Joonas Lahtinen, Rodrigo Vivi, Tvrtko Ursulin, David Airlie,
	Simona Vetter, Bart Van Assche, Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky,
	Laurent Pinchart, Hans de Goede, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
	Bjorn Helgaas, Hannes Reinecke, James E.J. Bottomley,
	Martin K. Petersen, Daniel Lezcano, Zhang Rui, Lukasz Luba,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby, Alan Stern, Jason Wang, Xuan Zhuo,
	Eugenio Pérez, Jason Baron, Jim Cromie, Tiwei Bie,
	Benjamin Berg, Ilpo Järvinen, David E. Box,
	Maciej W. Rozycki, Srinivas Pandruvada, Peter Zijlstra,
	Heiko Carstens, Vasily Gorbik, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini,
	Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86,
	H. Peter Anvin, Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen,
	Aaron Tomlin, Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov,
	Andrew Morton, John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris,
	Serge E. Hallyn, Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine,
	linux-modules, kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor,
	linux-security-module, linux-um, linux-acpi, openipmi-developer,
	qemu-devel, intel-gfx, dri-devel, linux-rdma, linux-media,
	linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm, linuxppc-dev, linux-serial,
	linux-usb, usb-storage, virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch,
	netdev, linux-fsdevel, linux-hardening

All struct kernel_param_ops .get callbacks have been migrated to using
struct seq_buf. Drop the migration scaffolding.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/moduleparam.h | 37 ++--------------------
 kernel/params.c             | 62 ++++++++++---------------------------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index 38acb5aef56b..e6af6f051c93 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -66,15 +66,8 @@ struct kernel_param_ops {
 	/*
 	 * Format the parameter's value into @s.  Return 0 on success
 	 * (length derived from seq_buf_used()) or -errno on error.
-	 * Exactly one of .get and .get_str should be set; the dispatcher
-	 * WARNs and prefers .get if both are.
 	 */
 	int (*get)(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp);
-	/*
-	 * Returns length written or -errno.  Buffer is 4k (ie. be short!).
-	 * Deprecated: callbacks should implement .get instead.
-	 */
-	int (*get_str)(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 	/* Optional function to free kp->arg when module unloaded. */
 	void (*free)(void *arg);
 };
@@ -84,33 +77,11 @@ struct kernel_param_ops {
  * any required visibility qualifiers (typically "static"):
  *
  *   static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(my_ops, my_set, my_get);
- *
- * @_get may be either of:
- *   int (*)(struct seq_buf *, const struct kernel_param *) (seq_buf)
- *   int (*)(char *, const struct kernel_param *)           (legacy)
- *
- * The macro uses _Generic to route the function pointer to the
- * matching field (.get or .get_str) at compile time, leaving the
- * other field NULL. Each helper matches the wrong prototype signature
- * and returns NULL, falling through to the default branch otherwise;
- * if @_get has neither expected signature the assignment to the
- * fields gets a normal compile-time type-mismatch error.
  */
-#define _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET(_get)					\
-	_Generic((_get),						\
-	    int (*)(char *, const struct kernel_param *): NULL,		\
-	    default: (_get))
-
-#define _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET_STR(_get)					\
-	_Generic((_get),						\
-	    int (*)(struct seq_buf *, const struct kernel_param *): NULL, \
-	    default: (_get))
-
 #define DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(_name, _set, _get)			\
 	const struct kernel_param_ops _name = {				\
 		.set = (_set),						\
-		.get = _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET(_get),			\
-		.get_str = _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET_STR(_get),		\
+		.get = (_get),						\
 	}
 
 /* As DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS, with KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG set. */
@@ -118,16 +89,14 @@ struct kernel_param_ops {
 	const struct kernel_param_ops _name = {				\
 		.flags = KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG,			\
 		.set = (_set),						\
-		.get = _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET(_get),			\
-		.get_str = _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET_STR(_get),		\
+		.get = (_get),						\
 	}
 
 /* As DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS, with an additional .free callback. */
 #define DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FREE(_name, _set, _get, _free)		\
 	const struct kernel_param_ops _name = {				\
 		.set = (_set),						\
-		.get = _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET(_get),			\
-		.get_str = _KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_GET_STR(_get),		\
+		.get = (_get),						\
 		.free = (_free),					\
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 25f0c8d5d19f..6b410189297b 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -461,8 +461,7 @@ static int param_array_get(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	const struct kparam_array *arr = kp->arr;
 	struct kernel_param p = *kp;
-	char *elem_buf = NULL;
-	int i, ret = 0;
+	int i, ret;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < (arr->num ? *arr->num : arr->max); i++) {
 		size_t before = s->len;
@@ -470,23 +469,9 @@ static int param_array_get(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 		p.arg = arr->elem + arr->elemsize * i;
 		check_kparam_locked(p.mod);
 
-		if (arr->ops->get) {
-			ret = arr->ops->get(s, &p);
-			if (ret < 0)
-				goto out;
-		} else {
-			if (!elem_buf) {
-				elem_buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-				if (!elem_buf) {
-					ret = -ENOMEM;
-					goto out;
-				}
-			}
-			ret = arr->ops->get_str(elem_buf, &p);
-			if (ret < 0)
-				goto out;
-			seq_buf_putmem(s, elem_buf, ret);
-		}
+		ret = arr->ops->get(s, &p);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
 
 		/* Nothing got written (e.g. overflow) — stop. */
 		if (s->len == before)
@@ -496,10 +481,7 @@ static int param_array_get(struct seq_buf *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 		if (i && s->buffer[before - 1] == '\n')
 			s->buffer[before - 1] = ',';
 	}
-	ret = 0;
-out:
-	kfree(elem_buf);
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void param_array_free(void *arg)
@@ -570,32 +552,22 @@ static ssize_t param_attr_show(const struct module_attribute *mattr,
 	int count;
 	const struct param_attribute *attribute = to_param_attr(mattr);
 	const struct kernel_param_ops *ops = attribute->param->ops;
+	struct seq_buf s;
 
-	if (!ops->get && !ops->get_str)
+	if (!ops->get)
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(ops->get && ops->get_str);
-
 	kernel_param_lock(mk->mod);
-	if (ops->get) {
-		struct seq_buf s;
-
-		seq_buf_init(&s, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
-		count = ops->get(&s, attribute->param);
-		if (count >= 0) {
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(count > 0);
-			count = seq_buf_used(&s);
-			/* Make sure string is terminated. */
-			seq_buf_str(&s);
-			/*
-			 * If overflowed, reduce count by 1 for trailing
-			 * NUL byte.
-			 */
-			if (seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s))
-				count--;
-		}
-	} else {
-		count = ops->get_str(buf, attribute->param);
+	seq_buf_init(&s, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
+	count = ops->get(&s, attribute->param);
+	if (count >= 0) {
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(count > 0);
+		count = seq_buf_used(&s);
+		/* Make sure string is terminated. */
+		seq_buf_str(&s);
+		/* If overflowed, reduce count by 1 for trailing NUL byte. */
+		if (seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s))
+			count--;
 	}
 	kernel_param_unlock(mk->mod);
 	return count;
-- 
2.34.1


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* Re: [PATCH 09/11] treewide: Convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks to seq_buf via cocci
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 09/11] treewide: Convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks to seq_buf via cocci Kees Cook
@ 2026-05-21 13:45   ` Sean Christopherson
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Sean Christopherson @ 2026-05-21 13:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kees Cook
  Cc: Luis Chamberlain, Pengpeng Hou, Petr Pavlu, Richard Weinberger,
	Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg, Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown,
	Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo, Michael S. Tsirkin, Jani Nikula,
	Joonas Lahtinen, Rodrigo Vivi, Tvrtko Ursulin, David Airlie,
	Simona Vetter, Bart Van Assche, Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky,
	Laurent Pinchart, Hans de Goede, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
	Bjorn Helgaas, Hannes Reinecke, James E.J. Bottomley,
	Martin K. Petersen, Daniel Lezcano, Zhang Rui, Lukasz Luba,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby, Alan Stern, Jason Wang, Xuan Zhuo,
	Eugenio Pérez, Jason Baron, Jim Cromie, Tiwei Bie,
	Benjamin Berg, Ilpo Järvinen, David E. Box,
	Maciej W. Rozycki, Srinivas Pandruvada, Peter Zijlstra,
	Heiko Carstens, Vasily Gorbik, Paolo Bonzini, Thomas Gleixner,
	Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86, H. Peter Anvin,
	Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen, Aaron Tomlin,
	Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov, Andrew Morton,
	John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris, Serge E. Hallyn,
	Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine, linux-modules,
	kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor, linux-security-module, linux-um,
	linux-acpi, openipmi-developer, qemu-devel, intel-gfx, dri-devel,
	linux-rdma, linux-media, linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm,
	linuxppc-dev, linux-serial, linux-usb, usb-storage,
	virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch, netdev, linux-fsdevel,
	linux-hardening

On Thu, May 21, 2026, Kees Cook wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index 07f4c7209ac0..00317774a90b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -368,12 +368,16 @@ static int vmentry_l1d_flush_set(const char *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -static int vmentry_l1d_flush_get(char *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
> +static int vmentry_l1d_flush_get(struct seq_buf *s,
> +				 const struct kernel_param *kp)
>  {
> -	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(l1tf_vmx_mitigation >= ARRAY_SIZE(vmentry_l1d_param)))
> -		return sysfs_emit(s, "???\n");
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(l1tf_vmx_mitigation >= ARRAY_SIZE(vmentry_l1d_param))) {
> +		seq_buf_printf(s, "???\n");
> +		return 0;
> +	}
>  
> -	return sysfs_emit(s, "%s\n", vmentry_l1d_param[l1tf_vmx_mitigation].option);
> +	seq_buf_printf(s, "%s\n", vmentry_l1d_param[l1tf_vmx_mitigation].option);
> +	return 0;

For this one, can you manually change it to this?

	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(l1tf_vmx_mitigation >= ARRAY_SIZE(vmentry_l1d_param)))
		seq_buf_printf(s, "???\n");
	else
		seq_buf_printf(s, "%s\n", vmentry_l1d_param[l1tf_vmx_mitigation].option);
	return 0;

>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -459,9 +463,11 @@ static int vmentry_l1d_flush_set(const char *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
>  	pr_warn_once("Kernel compiled without mitigations, ignoring vmentry_l1d_flush\n");
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -static int vmentry_l1d_flush_get(char *s, const struct kernel_param *kp)
> +static int vmentry_l1d_flush_get(struct seq_buf *s,
> +				 const struct kernel_param *kp)
>  {
> -	return sysfs_emit(s, "never\n");
> +	seq_buf_printf(s, "never\n");
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  #endif

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* Re: [PATCH 04/11] treewide: Convert struct kernel_param_ops initializers to DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 04/11] treewide: Convert struct kernel_param_ops initializers to DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS Kees Cook
@ 2026-05-21 13:59   ` Sean Christopherson
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Sean Christopherson @ 2026-05-21 13:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kees Cook
  Cc: Luis Chamberlain, Pengpeng Hou, Petr Pavlu, Richard Weinberger,
	Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg, Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown,
	Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo, Michael S. Tsirkin, Jani Nikula,
	Joonas Lahtinen, Rodrigo Vivi, Tvrtko Ursulin, David Airlie,
	Simona Vetter, Bart Van Assche, Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky,
	Laurent Pinchart, Hans de Goede, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
	Bjorn Helgaas, Hannes Reinecke, James E.J. Bottomley,
	Martin K. Petersen, Daniel Lezcano, Zhang Rui, Lukasz Luba,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby, Alan Stern, Jason Wang, Xuan Zhuo,
	Eugenio Pérez, Jason Baron, Jim Cromie, Tiwei Bie,
	Benjamin Berg, Ilpo Järvinen, David E. Box,
	Maciej W. Rozycki, Srinivas Pandruvada, Peter Zijlstra,
	Heiko Carstens, Vasily Gorbik, Paolo Bonzini, Thomas Gleixner,
	Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86, H. Peter Anvin,
	Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen, Aaron Tomlin,
	Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov, Andrew Morton,
	John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris, Serge E. Hallyn,
	Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine, linux-modules,
	kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor, linux-security-module, linux-um,
	linux-acpi, openipmi-developer, qemu-devel, intel-gfx, dri-devel,
	linux-rdma, linux-media, linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm,
	linuxppc-dev, linux-serial, linux-usb, usb-storage,
	virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch, netdev, linux-fsdevel,
	linux-hardening

On Thu, May 21, 2026, Kees Cook wrote:
> Using Coccinelle, rewrite every struct kernel_param_ops initializer that
> sets .get into a DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS-family macro invocation,
> for example:
> 
> @@
> declarer name DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS;
> identifier OPS;
> expression SET, GET;
> @@
> - const struct kernel_param_ops OPS = {
> -       .set = SET,
> -       .get = GET,
> - };
> + DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(OPS, SET, GET);

IMO, "OPS, GET, SET" is more intuitive, especially since that's the order used
by DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE and DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE.

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* Re: [PATCH 01/11] params: bound array element output to the caller's page buffer
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 01/11] params: bound array element output to the caller's page buffer Kees Cook
@ 2026-05-21 16:46   ` David Laight
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: David Laight @ 2026-05-21 16:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kees Cook
  Cc: Luis Chamberlain, Pengpeng Hou, stable, Petr Pavlu,
	Richard Weinberger, Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg,
	Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown, Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo,
	Michael S. Tsirkin, Jani Nikula, Joonas Lahtinen, Rodrigo Vivi,
	Tvrtko Ursulin, David Airlie, Simona Vetter, Bart Van Assche,
	Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky, Laurent Pinchart, Hans de Goede,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab, Bjorn Helgaas, Hannes Reinecke,
	James E.J. Bottomley, Martin K. Petersen, Daniel Lezcano,
	Zhang Rui, Lukasz Luba, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby,
	Alan Stern, Jason Wang, Xuan Zhuo, Eugenio Pérez,
	Jason Baron, Jim Cromie, Tiwei Bie, Benjamin Berg,
	Ilpo Järvinen, David E. Box, Maciej W. Rozycki,
	Srinivas Pandruvada, Peter Zijlstra, Heiko Carstens,
	Vasily Gorbik, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini,
	Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86,
	H. Peter Anvin, Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen,
	Aaron Tomlin, Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov,
	Andrew Morton, John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris,
	Serge E. Hallyn, Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine,
	linux-modules, kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor,
	linux-security-module, linux-um, linux-acpi, openipmi-developer,
	qemu-devel, intel-gfx, dri-devel, linux-rdma, linux-media,
	linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm, linuxppc-dev, linux-serial,
	linux-usb, usb-storage, virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch,
	netdev, linux-fsdevel, linux-hardening

On Thu, 21 May 2026 06:33:14 -0700
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> wrote:

> From: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>
> 
> param_array_get() appends each element's string representation into the
> shared sysfs page buffer by passing buffer + off to the element getter.
> 
> That works for getters that only write a small bounded string, but
> param_get_charp() and similar helpers format against PAGE_SIZE from the
> pointer they receive. Once off is non-zero, an element getter can
> therefore write past the end of the original sysfs page buffer.
> 
> Collect each element into a temporary PAGE_SIZE buffer first and then
> copy only the remaining space into the caller's page buffer.

Should this be using a 4k buffer on all architectures?
Initially perhaps just using a different name for the constant until
all the associated PAGE_SIZE limits have been removed.

-- David

> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
> ---
>  kernel/params.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
> index 74d620bc2521..752721922a15 100644
> --- a/kernel/params.c
> +++ b/kernel/params.c
> @@ -475,22 +475,36 @@ static int param_array_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
>  static int param_array_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
>  {
>  	int i, off, ret;
> +	char *elem_buf;
>  	const struct kparam_array *arr = kp->arr;
>  	struct kernel_param p = *kp;
>  
> +	elem_buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!elem_buf)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
>  	for (i = off = 0; i < (arr->num ? *arr->num : arr->max); i++) {
> -		/* Replace \n with comma */
> -		if (i)
> -			buffer[off - 1] = ',';
>  		p.arg = arr->elem + arr->elemsize * i;
>  		check_kparam_locked(p.mod);
> -		ret = arr->ops->get(buffer + off, &p);
> +		ret = arr->ops->get(elem_buf, &p);
>  		if (ret < 0)
> -			return ret;
> +			goto out;
> +		ret = min(ret, (int)(PAGE_SIZE - 1 - off));
> +		if (!ret)
> +			break;
> +		/* Replace the previous element's trailing newline with a comma. */
> +		if (i)
> +			buffer[off - 1] = ',';
> +		memcpy(buffer + off, elem_buf, ret);
>  		off += ret;
> +		if (off == PAGE_SIZE - 1)
> +			break;
>  	}
>  	buffer[off] = '\0';
> -	return off;
> +	ret = off;
> +out:
> +	kfree(elem_buf);
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  static void param_array_free(void *arg)


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* Re: [PATCH 10/11] treewide: Manually convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks
  2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 10/11] treewide: Manually convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks Kees Cook
@ 2026-05-21 17:44   ` Jani Nikula
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Jani Nikula @ 2026-05-21 17:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kees Cook, Luis Chamberlain
  Cc: Kees Cook, Pengpeng Hou, Petr Pavlu, Richard Weinberger,
	Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg, Rafael J. Wysocki, Len Brown,
	Corey Minyard, Gabriel Somlo, Michael S. Tsirkin, Joonas Lahtinen,
	Rodrigo Vivi, Tvrtko Ursulin, David Airlie, Simona Vetter,
	Bart Van Assche, Jason Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky,
	Laurent Pinchart, Hans de Goede, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
	Bjorn Helgaas, Hannes Reinecke, James E.J. Bottomley,
	Martin K. Petersen, Daniel Lezcano, Zhang Rui, Lukasz Luba,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby, Alan Stern, Jason Wang, Xuan Zhuo,
	Eugenio Pérez, Jason Baron, Jim Cromie, Tiwei Bie,
	Benjamin Berg, Ilpo Järvinen, David E. Box,
	Maciej W. Rozycki, Srinivas Pandruvada, Peter Zijlstra,
	Heiko Carstens, Vasily Gorbik, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini,
	Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86,
	H. Peter Anvin, Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen,
	Aaron Tomlin, Alexander Potapenko, Marco Elver, Dmitry Vyukov,
	Andrew Morton, John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris,
	Serge E. Hallyn, Andy Shevchenko, Georgia Garcia, kvm, dmaengine,
	linux-modules, kasan-dev, linux-mm, apparmor,
	linux-security-module, linux-um, linux-acpi, openipmi-developer,
	qemu-devel, intel-gfx, dri-devel, linux-rdma, linux-media,
	linux-pci, linux-scsi, linux-pm, linuxppc-dev, linux-serial,
	linux-usb, usb-storage, virtualization, linux-kernel, linux-arch,
	netdev, linux-fsdevel, linux-hardening

On Thu, 21 May 2026, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mitigations.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mitigations.c
> index 6061eae84e9c..99cb38f355b6 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mitigations.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mitigations.c
> @@ -95,33 +95,37 @@ static int mitigations_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static int mitigations_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
> +static int mitigations_get(struct seq_buf *buffer,
> +			   const struct kernel_param *kp)
>  {
>  	unsigned long local = READ_ONCE(mitigations);
> -	int count, i;
>  	bool enable;
> +	int i;

I'm fine with what you have, and I can do these as a follow-up later if
it's too much trouble, but I suggest something like this:

	const char *sep = "";

>  
> -	if (!local)
> -		return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", "off");
> +	if (!local) {
> +		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s\n", "off");
> +		return 0;
> +	}
>  
>  	if (local & BIT(BITS_PER_LONG - 1)) {
> -		count = scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%s,", "auto");
> +		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s,", "auto");

		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s%s", sep, "auto");
		sep = ",";

(In the printf the sep is just for future expansion, though I don't
expect one.)

>  		enable = false;
>  	} else {
>  		enable = true;
> -		count = 0;
>  	}
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(names); i++) {
>  		if ((local & BIT(i)) != enable)
>  			continue;
> -
> -		count += scnprintf(buffer + count, PAGE_SIZE - count,
> -				   "%s%s,", enable ? "" : "!", names[i]);
> +		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s%s,", enable ? "" : "!", names[i]);

		seq_buf_printf(buffer, "%s%s%s", sep, enable ? "" : "!", names[i]);
		sep = ",";

>  	}

	seq_buf_puts(buffer, "\n");

>  
> -	buffer[count - 1] = '\n';
> -	return count;
> +	/* Replace the trailing comma with a newline. */
> +	if (!seq_buf_has_overflowed(buffer) && buffer->len > 0 &&
> +	    buffer->buffer[buffer->len - 1] == ',')
> +		buffer->buffer[buffer->len - 1] = '\n';

Drop the above.

I.e. keep track of sep while printing to avoid removing it later.

BR,
Jani.

> +
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS(ops, mitigations_set, mitigations_get);

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel

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2026-05-21 16:46   ` David Laight
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2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 04/11] treewide: Convert struct kernel_param_ops initializers to DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS Kees Cook
2026-05-21 13:59   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 05/11] moduleparam: Rename .get field to .get_str Kees Cook
2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 06/11] moduleparam: Add seq_buf-based .get callback alongside .get_str Kees Cook
2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 07/11] moduleparam: Route DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS get pointer via _Generic Kees Cook
2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 08/11] params: Convert generic kernel_param_ops .get helpers to seq_buf Kees Cook
2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 09/11] treewide: Convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks to seq_buf via cocci Kees Cook
2026-05-21 13:45   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 10/11] treewide: Manually convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks Kees Cook
2026-05-21 17:44   ` Jani Nikula
2026-05-21 13:33 ` [PATCH 11/11] moduleparam: Drop legacy kernel_param_ops .get_str field and dispatch logic Kees Cook

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