From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 07:35:55 +0200 > On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 11:21:12AM -0700, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote: > > Except for only one user, sctp_do_peeloff(), all sockets created > > by drivers and fs are not tied to userspace processes nor exposed > > via file descriptors. > > > > Let's use sock_create_kern() for such in-kernel use cases as CIFS > > client and NFS. > > So if sock_create is now almost unused and the special case, should > it also be renamed to make that explicit and make people not accidentally > use it by default? I actually tried to to do so as sock_create_user() in the previous series but was advised to avoid rename as the benefit against LoC was low.
