Hi Geliang,
On 27/02/2025 09:23, Geliang Tang wrote:
> From: Geliang Tang <tanggeliang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patch adds the sock version of kmemdup() helper, named sock_kmemdup(),
> to duplicate the input "src" memory block using the socket's option memory
> buffer.
Thank you for suggesting this series.
(...)
> diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
> index 5ac445f8244b..95e81d24f4cc 100644
> --- a/net/core/sock.c
> +++ b/net/core/sock.c
> @@ -2819,6 +2819,21 @@ void *sock_kmalloc(struct sock *sk, int size, gfp_t priority)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_kmalloc);
>
> +/*
> + * Duplicate the input "src" memory block using the socket's
> + * option memory buffer.
> + */
> +void *sock_kmemdup(struct sock *sk, const void *src,
> + int size, gfp_t priority)
> +{
> + void *mem;
> +
> + mem = sock_kmalloc(sk, size, priority);
> + if (mem)
> + memcpy(mem, src, size);
> + return mem;
> +}
I think you will need to add an EXPORT_SYMBOL() here, if you plan to use
it in SCTP which can be compiled as a module.
Cheers,
Matt
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