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

[Thorsten Blum]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 09:15:55AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:32:12 +0200 Thorsten Blum wrote:
> > Gentle ping? Patch 1/6 still needs an ack from netdev maintainers.
> 
> Perhaps other maintainers shared my feeling that this is a waste of
> time.

Could you elaborate on why sock_kzfree_s() is okay, but sock_kzalloc()
is not? Both are small, socket-specific zeroing helpers.

sock_kzalloc() has the same number of call sites as sock_kzfree_s(), and
it could also be used in net/ipv6/exthdrs.c in ipv6_renew_options().

Thanks,
Thorsten