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From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: horms@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, kuba@kernel.org,
	edumazet@google.com, davem@davemloft.net, idosch@nvidia.com,
	dsahern@kernel.org, Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3 net-next] ipv6: remove unnecessary reset of position pointer
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:37:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260716203713.17392-3-fmancera@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260716203713.17392-1-fmancera@suse.de>

The position pointer is only advanced if the return value of the proc
handler is positive at new_sync_write(). Therefore no need to manually
reset it when doing error handling.

Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
---
Note: The checkpatch warnings here are false positive, lctl cannot be
const in this context
---
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 24 ++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index f1fe9ede1edb..f6fa2715b450 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -6363,10 +6363,9 @@ static void ipv6_ifa_notify(int event, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 static int addrconf_sysctl_forward(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 		void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
+	struct ctl_table lctl;
 	int *valp = ctl->data;
 	int val = *valp;
-	loff_t pos = *ppos;
-	struct ctl_table lctl;
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
@@ -6382,8 +6381,6 @@ static int addrconf_sysctl_forward(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 
 	if (write)
 		ret = addrconf_fixup_forwarding(ctl, valp, val);
-	if (ret)
-		*ppos = pos;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -6462,10 +6459,9 @@ static int addrconf_disable_ipv6(const struct ctl_table *table, int *p, int newf
 static int addrconf_sysctl_disable(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 		void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
+	struct ctl_table lctl;
 	int *valp = ctl->data;
 	int val = *valp;
-	loff_t pos = *ppos;
-	struct ctl_table lctl;
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
@@ -6481,8 +6477,6 @@ static int addrconf_sysctl_disable(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 
 	if (write)
 		ret = addrconf_disable_ipv6(ctl, valp, val);
-	if (ret)
-		*ppos = pos;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -6667,10 +6661,9 @@ int addrconf_sysctl_ignore_routes_with_linkdown(const struct ctl_table *ctl,
 						size_t *lenp,
 						loff_t *ppos)
 {
+	struct ctl_table lctl;
 	int *valp = ctl->data;
 	int val = *valp;
-	loff_t pos = *ppos;
-	struct ctl_table lctl;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* ctl->data points to idev->cnf.ignore_routes_when_linkdown
@@ -6685,8 +6678,6 @@ int addrconf_sysctl_ignore_routes_with_linkdown(const struct ctl_table *ctl,
 
 	if (write)
 		ret = addrconf_fixup_linkdown(ctl, valp, val);
-	if (ret)
-		*ppos = pos;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -6767,10 +6758,9 @@ int addrconf_disable_policy(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int *valp, int val)
 static int addrconf_sysctl_disable_policy(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 				   void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
+	struct ctl_table lctl;
 	int *valp = ctl->data;
 	int val = *valp;
-	loff_t pos = *ppos;
-	struct ctl_table lctl;
 	int ret;
 
 	lctl = *ctl;
@@ -6782,9 +6772,6 @@ static int addrconf_sysctl_disable_policy(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write
 	if (write && (*valp != val))
 		ret = addrconf_disable_policy(ctl, valp, val);
 
-	if (ret)
-		*ppos = pos;
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -6816,7 +6803,6 @@ static int addrconf_sysctl_force_forwarding(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int wri
 	int *valp = ctl->data;
 	int new_val = *valp;
 	int old_val = *valp;
-	loff_t pos = *ppos;
 	int ret;
 
 	tmp_ctl.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO;
@@ -6852,8 +6838,6 @@ static int addrconf_sysctl_force_forwarding(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int wri
 		rtnl_net_unlock(net);
 	}
 
-	if (ret)
-		*ppos = pos;
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-16 20:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-16 20:37 [PATCH 0/3 net-next] Misc. minor improvements on IPv4/IPv6 sysctl handling Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-07-16 20:37 ` [PATCH 1/3 net-next] ipv4: remove unnecessary reset of position pointer Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-07-16 20:37 ` Fernando Fernandez Mancera [this message]
2026-07-16 20:37 ` [PATCH 3/3 net-next] ipv6: add CAP_NET_ADMIN check for forwarding and force_forwarding sysctl Fernando Fernandez Mancera

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