netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/7] socket: Rename sock_create_kern() to __sock_create

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Message-ID: <20250530024527.3206724-1-kuni1840@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 19:45:26 -0700
From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuni1840@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/7] socket: Rename sock_create_kern() to __sock_create_kern().

From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 07:30:13 +0200
> On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 11:21:08AM -0700, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> > Let's rename sock_create_kern() to __sock_create_kern() as a special
> > API and add a fat documentation.
> > 
> > The next patch will add sock_create_kern() that holds netns refcnt.
> 
> Maybe do this before patch 1 to reduce the churn of just touching a
> lot of the same callers again?

Makes sense, will do.