[NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack: automatic sysctl registation for conntrack protocols

Add helper functions for sysctl registration with optional instantiating
of common path elements (like net/netfilter) and use it for support for
automatic registation of conntrack protocol sysctls.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter.h b/include/linux/netfilter.h
index 6ab5e2d6133e..f6f3fcbd70ed 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter.h
@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ void nf_unregister_hooks(struct nf_hook_ops *reg, unsigned int n);
 int nf_register_sockopt(struct nf_sockopt_ops *reg);
 void nf_unregister_sockopt(struct nf_sockopt_ops *reg);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
+/* Sysctl registration */
+struct ctl_table_header *nf_register_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table *path,
+                                                  struct ctl_table *table);
+void nf_unregister_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header *header,
+                                struct ctl_table *table);
+extern struct ctl_table nf_net_netfilter_sysctl_path[];
+extern struct ctl_table nf_net_ipv4_netfilter_sysctl_path[];
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
+
 extern struct list_head nf_hooks[NPROTO][NF_MAX_HOOKS];
 
 /* those NF_LOG_* defines and struct nf_loginfo are legacy definitios that will