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

[Thorsten Blum]

On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 10:25:11AM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Add sock_kzalloc() helper - the sock equivalent to kzalloc().
> 
> Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Patch 1/6 needs an Acked-by: from netdev maintainers for the series to
> go through Herbert's crypto tree:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ahVkZOxZtFes6Huf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> ---
>  include/net/sock.h | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
> index 76bfd3e56d63..b521bd34ac9f 100644
> --- a/include/net/sock.h
> +++ b/include/net/sock.h
> @@ -1913,6 +1913,11 @@ 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)

Gentle ping? Patch 1/6 still needs an ack from netdev maintainers.

Thanks,
Thorsten