Re: [PATCH 1/6] sock: add sock_kzalloc helper

From: Thorsten Blum

Date: Fri May 22 2026 - 09:12:59 EST


Hi Herbert,

On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 12:41:30PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Add sock_kzalloc() helper - the sock equivalent to kzalloc().
>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/net/sock.h | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
> index dccd3738c368..20bf406dff2d 100644
> --- a/include/net/sock.h
> +++ b/include/net/sock.h
> @@ -1904,6 +1904,11 @@ void sock_kfree_s(struct sock *sk, void *mem, int size);
> void sock_kzfree_s(struct sock *sk, void *mem, int size);
> void sk_send_sigurg(struct sock *sk);
>
> +static inline void *sock_kzalloc(struct sock *sk, int size, gfp_t priority)
> +{
> + return sock_kmalloc(sk, size, priority | __GFP_ZERO);
> +}
> +
> static inline void sock_replace_proto(struct sock *sk, struct proto *proto)
> {
> if (sk->sk_socket)

Can you take this series or should I resend this to net-next?

Thanks,
Thorsten