Currently, ip[6]frag_high_thresh sysctl values in new namespaces are
hard-limited to those of the root/init ns.
There are at least two use cases when it would be desirable to
set the high_thresh values higher in a child namespace vs the global hard
limit:
- a security/ddos protection policy may lower the thresholds in the
root/init ns but allow for a special exception in a child namespace
- testing: a test running in a namespace may want to set these
thresholds higher in its namespace than what is in the root/init ns
The new behavior:
# ip netns add testns
# ip netns exec testns bash
# sysctl -w net.ipv4.ipfrag_high_thresh=9000000
net.ipv4.ipfrag_high_thresh = 9000000
# sysctl net.ipv4.ipfrag_high_thresh
net.ipv4.ipfrag_high_thresh = 9000000
# sysctl -w net.ipv6.ip6frag_high_thresh=9000000
net.ipv6.ip6frag_high_thresh = 9000000
# sysctl net.ipv6.ip6frag_high_thresh
net.ipv6.ip6frag_high_thresh = 9000000
The old behavior:
# ip netns add testns
# ip netns exec testns bash
# sysctl -w net.ipv4.ipfrag_high_thresh=9000000
net.ipv4.ipfrag_high_thresh = 9000000
# sysctl net.ipv4.ipfrag_high_thresh
net.ipv4.ipfrag_high_thresh = 4194304
# sysctl -w net.ipv6.ip6frag_high_thresh=9000000
net.ipv6.ip6frag_high_thresh = 9000000
# sysctl net.ipv6.ip6frag_high_thresh
net.ipv6.ip6frag_high_thresh = 4194304
Signed-off-by: Peter Oskolkov <p...@google.com>
---
net/ieee802154/6lowpan/reassembly.c | 1 -
net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c | 1 -
net/ipv6/reassembly.c | 1 -
3 files changed, 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/reassembly.c
b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/reassembly.c
index 09ffbf5ce8fa..d14226ecfde4 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/reassembly.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/reassembly.c
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ static int __net_init
lowpan_frags_ns_sysctl_register(struct net *net)
table[0].data = &ieee802154_lowpan->frags.high_thresh;
table[0].extra1 = &ieee802154_lowpan->frags.low_thresh;
- table[0].extra2 = &init_net.ieee802154_lowpan.frags.high_thresh;
table[1].data = &ieee802154_lowpan->frags.low_thresh;
table[1].extra2 = &ieee802154_lowpan->frags.high_thresh;
table[2].data = &ieee802154_lowpan->frags.timeout;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
index 13f4d189e12b..9b0158fa431f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
@@ -822,7 +822,6 @@ static int __net_init ip4_frags_ns_ctl_register(struct net
*net)
table[0].data = &net->ipv4.frags.high_thresh;
table[0].extra1 = &net->ipv4.frags.low_thresh;
- table[0].extra2 = &init_net.ipv4.frags.high_thresh;
table[1].data = &net->ipv4.frags.low_thresh;
table[1].extra2 = &net->ipv4.frags.high_thresh;
table[2].data = &net->ipv4.frags.timeout;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/reassembly.c b/net/ipv6/reassembly.c
index 536c1d172cba..5c3c92713096 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/reassembly.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/reassembly.c
@@ -554,7 +554,6 @@ static int __net_init ip6_frags_ns_sysctl_register(struct
net *net)
table[0].data = &net->ipv6.frags.high_thresh;
table[0].extra1 = &net->ipv6.frags.low_thresh;
- table[0].extra2 = &init_net.ipv6.frags.high_thresh;
table[1].data = &net->ipv6.frags.low_thresh;
table[1].extra2 = &net->ipv6.frags.high_thresh;
table[2].data = &net->ipv6.frags.timeout;
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