* [PATCH] net: remove CONFIG_NETDEVICES requirement for SO_BINDTODEVICE and SO_BINDTOIFINDEX
@ 2026-11-10 20:45 Ethan Ferguson
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From: Ethan Ferguson @ 2026-11-10 20:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni,
Kuniyuki Iwashima, Willem de Bruijn
Cc: Simon Horman, netdev, linux-kernel, Ethan Ferguson
The SO_BINDTODEVICE and SO_BINDTOIFINDEX sockopts return -ENOPROTOOPT
if CONFIG_NETDEVICES is disabled, even if the lo interface exists. I
believe it would be prudent to allow for valid bindings even if
CONFIG_NETDEVICES were disabled, as an error here would be inconsistent.
Signed-off-by: Ethan Ferguson <ethanf108@gmail.com>
---
net/core/sock.c | 56 +++++++++++++------------------------------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index e8551df8330f..d2da59700ecf 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -634,18 +634,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sk_dst_check);
static int sock_bindtoindex_locked(struct sock *sk, int ifindex)
{
- int ret = -ENOPROTOOPT;
-#ifdef CONFIG_NETDEVICES
struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
/* Sorry... */
- ret = -EPERM;
if (sk->sk_bound_dev_if && !ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_RAW))
- goto out;
+ return -EPERM;
- ret = -EINVAL;
if (ifindex < 0)
- goto out;
+ return -EINVAL;
/* Paired with all READ_ONCE() done locklessly. */
WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_bound_dev_if, ifindex);
@@ -654,12 +650,7 @@ static int sock_bindtoindex_locked(struct sock *sk, int ifindex)
sk->sk_prot->rehash(sk);
sk_dst_reset(sk);
- ret = 0;
-
-out:
-#endif
-
- return ret;
+ return 0;
}
int sock_bindtoindex(struct sock *sk, int ifindex, bool lock_sk)
@@ -678,15 +669,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_bindtoindex);
static int sock_setbindtodevice(struct sock *sk, sockptr_t optval, int optlen)
{
- int ret = -ENOPROTOOPT;
-#ifdef CONFIG_NETDEVICES
+ int ret, index;
struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
char devname[IFNAMSIZ];
- int index;
- ret = -EINVAL;
if (optlen < 0)
- goto out;
+ return -EINVAL;
/* Bind this socket to a particular device like "eth0",
* as specified in the passed interface name. If the
@@ -697,9 +685,8 @@ static int sock_setbindtodevice(struct sock *sk, sockptr_t optval, int optlen)
optlen = IFNAMSIZ - 1;
memset(devname, 0, sizeof(devname));
- ret = -EFAULT;
if (copy_from_sockptr(devname, optval, optlen))
- goto out;
+ return -EFAULT;
index = 0;
if (devname[0] != '\0') {
@@ -710,16 +697,13 @@ static int sock_setbindtodevice(struct sock *sk, sockptr_t optval, int optlen)
if (dev)
index = dev->ifindex;
rcu_read_unlock();
- ret = -ENODEV;
if (!dev)
- goto out;
+ return -ENODEV;
}
sockopt_lock_sock(sk);
ret = sock_bindtoindex_locked(sk, index);
sockopt_release_sock(sk);
-out:
-#endif
return ret;
}
@@ -727,42 +711,32 @@ static int sock_setbindtodevice(struct sock *sk, sockptr_t optval, int optlen)
static int sock_getbindtodevice(struct sock *sk, sockptr_t optval,
sockptr_t optlen, int len)
{
- int ret = -ENOPROTOOPT;
-#ifdef CONFIG_NETDEVICES
- int bound_dev_if = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_bound_dev_if);
+ int ret, bound_dev_if = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_bound_dev_if);
struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
char devname[IFNAMSIZ];
if (bound_dev_if == 0) {
len = 0;
- goto zero;
+ goto copy_len;
}
- ret = -EINVAL;
if (len < IFNAMSIZ)
- goto out;
+ return -EINVAL;
ret = netdev_get_name(net, devname, bound_dev_if);
if (ret)
- goto out;
+ return ret;
len = strlen(devname) + 1;
- ret = -EFAULT;
if (copy_to_sockptr(optval, devname, len))
- goto out;
+ return -EFAULT;
-zero:
- ret = -EFAULT;
+copy_len:
if (copy_to_sockptr(optlen, &len, sizeof(int)))
- goto out;
-
- ret = 0;
-
-out:
-#endif
+ return -EFAULT;
- return ret;
+ return 0;
}
bool sk_mc_loop(const struct sock *sk)
--
2.56.0
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