From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
Paul Wouters <paul@nohats.ca>,
Andreas Steffen <andreas.steffen@strongswan.org>,
Tobias Brunner <tobias@strongswan.org>,
Antony Antony <antony@phenome.org>, Tuomo Soini <tis@foobar.fi>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>,
Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Cc: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <devel@linux-ipsec.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 ipsec-next] pfkey: Deprecate pfkey
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 07:29:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aQBitXM2fxLb82Eq@secunet.com> (raw)
The pfkey user configuration interface was replaced by the netlink
user configuration interface more than a decade ago. In between
all maintained IKE implementations moved to the netlink interface.
So let config NET_KEY default to no in Kconfig. The pfkey code
will be removed in a second step.
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Acked-by: Antony Antony <antony.antony@secunet.com>
Acked-by: Tobias Brunner <tobias@strongswan.org>
Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Acked-by: Tuomo Soini <tis@foobar.fi>
Acked-by: Paul Wouters <paul@nohats.ca>
---
Changes in v2:
- Add some new tags.
- Fix two typos in the commit message.
net/key/af_key.c | 2 ++
net/xfrm/Kconfig | 11 +++++++----
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/key/af_key.c b/net/key/af_key.c
index 2ebde0352245..571200433aa9 100644
--- a/net/key/af_key.c
+++ b/net/key/af_key.c
@@ -3903,6 +3903,8 @@ static int __init ipsec_pfkey_init(void)
{
int err = proto_register(&key_proto, 0);
+ pr_warn_once("PFKEY is deprecated and scheduled to be removed in 2027, "
+ "please contact the netdev mailing list\n");
if (err != 0)
goto out;
diff --git a/net/xfrm/Kconfig b/net/xfrm/Kconfig
index f0157702718f..4a62817a88f8 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/Kconfig
+++ b/net/xfrm/Kconfig
@@ -110,14 +110,17 @@ config XFRM_IPCOMP
select CRYPTO_DEFLATE
config NET_KEY
- tristate "PF_KEY sockets"
+ tristate "PF_KEY sockets (deprecated)"
select XFRM_ALGO
help
PF_KEYv2 socket family, compatible to KAME ones.
- They are required if you are going to use IPsec tools ported
- from KAME.
- Say Y unless you know what you are doing.
+ The PF_KEYv2 socket interface is deprecated and
+ scheduled for removal. All maintained IKE daemons
+ no longer need PF_KEY sockets. Please use the netlink
+ interface (XFRM_USER) to configure IPsec.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
config NET_KEY_MIGRATE
bool "PF_KEY MIGRATE"
--
2.43.0
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