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{
  config,
  lib,
  pkgs,
  ...
}:
let

  sysctlOption = lib.mkOptionType {
    name = "sysctl option value";
    check =
      val:
      let
        checkType = x: lib.isBool x || lib.isString x || lib.isInt x || x == null;
      in
      checkType val || (val._type or "" == "override" && checkType val.content);
    merge = loc: defs: lib.mergeOneOption loc defs;
  };

in

{

  options = {

    boot.kernel.sysctl = lib.mkOption {
      type =
        let
          highestValueType = lib.types.ints.unsigned // {
            merge = loc: defs: lib.foldl (a: b: if b.value == null then null else lib.max a b.value) 0 defs;
          };
        in
        lib.types.submodule {
          freeformType = lib.types.attrsOf sysctlOption;
          options = {
            "net.core.rmem_max" = lib.mkOption {
              type = lib.types.nullOr highestValueType;
              default = null;
              description = "The maximum receive socket buffer size in bytes. In case of conflicting values, the highest will be used.";
            };

            "net.core.wmem_max" = lib.mkOption {
              type = lib.types.nullOr highestValueType;
              default = null;
              description = "The maximum send socket buffer size in bytes. In case of conflicting values, the highest will be used.";
            };
          };
        };
      default = { };
      example = lib.literalExpression ''
        { "net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies" = false; "vm.swappiness" = 60; }
      '';
      description = ''
        Runtime parameters of the Linux kernel, as set by
        {manpage}`sysctl(8)`.  Note that sysctl
        parameters names must be enclosed in quotes
        (e.g. `"vm.swappiness"` instead of
        `vm.swappiness`).  The value of each
        parameter may be a string, integer, boolean, or null
        (signifying the option will not appear at all).
      '';

    };

  };

  config = {

    environment.etc = {
      "sysctl.d/55-nixos-aslr-entropy.conf".source =
        pkgs.runCommand "55-nixos-aslr-entropy.conf"
          {
            inherit (config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel) configfile;
          }
          (
            ''
              set +e
              mmap_rnd_bits_max=$(grep "^CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX=" $configfile | grep --only-matching "[0-9]*$")
              set -e
              if [[ -z "$mmap_rnd_bits_max" ]]; then
                echo "Unable to determine mmap_rnd_bits_max. Check your kernel configfile is valid."
                exit 1
              fi
              echo "vm.mmap_rnd_bits=$mmap_rnd_bits_max" >> $out
            ''
            # HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS is not defined on 32-bit architectures or LoongArch64
            + lib.optionalString (with pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform; (!is32bit && !isLoongArch64)) ''
              set +e
              mmap_rnd_compat_bits_max=$(grep "^CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX=" $configfile | grep --only-matching "[0-9]*$")
              set -e
              if [[ -z "$mmap_rnd_compat_bits_max" ]]; then
                echo "Unable to determine mmap_rnd_compat_bits_max. Check your kernel configfile is valid."
                exit 1
              fi
              echo "vm.mmap_rnd_compat_bits=$mmap_rnd_compat_bits_max" >> $out
            ''
          );
      "sysctl.d/60-nixos.conf".text = lib.concatStrings (
        lib.mapAttrsToList (
          n: v: lib.optionalString (v != null) "${n}=${if v == false then "0" else toString v}\n"
        ) config.boot.kernel.sysctl
      );
    };

    systemd.services.systemd-sysctl = {
      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
      restartTriggers = [ config.environment.etc."sysctl.d/60-nixos.conf".source ];
    };

    # NixOS wide defaults
    boot.kernel.sysctl = {
      # Hide kernel pointers (e.g. in /proc/modules) for unprivileged
      # users as these make it easier to exploit kernel vulnerabilities.
      "kernel.kptr_restrict" = lib.mkDefault 1;

      # Improve compatibility with applications that allocate
      # a lot of memory, like modern games
      "vm.max_map_count" = lib.mkDefault 1048576;

      # The default max inotify watches is 8192.
      # Nowadays most apps require a good number of inotify watches,
      # the value below is used by default on several other distros.
      "fs.inotify.max_user_instances" = lib.mkDefault 524288;
      "fs.inotify.max_user_watches" = lib.mkDefault 524288;
    };
  };
}