k8s.io/apimachinery/third_party/forked/golang/reflect.Equalities.DeepEqual
third-partyThe 2634th most-called third-party method by production calls. Called 880 times across 36 modules; 231 of those run outside tests and generated code.
2% in production calls vs 2026-W37 (227 → 231)
All of k8s.io/apimachinery/third_party/forked/golang/reflect → Docs on pkg.go.dev ↗
- prod calls
- 231
- non-test, non-generated
- all calls
- 880
- total callsites
- modules
- 36
- distinct callers
- in loop
- 18%
- of prod calls
- in tests
- 17%
- 152 calls
- resolved
- 100%
- to a known target
resolution mix
How each call resolves
How each call was attributed. Only resolved kinds, where the target function is known, count toward the ranking. Interface dispatch and unresolved receivers are reported separately and never guessed. Read the taxonomy →
- Concrete method<1%A method on a value whose type is known exactly.
- Embedded method100%Reached through an embedded type.
who calls this
Notable callers
Production calls into Equalities.DeepEqual from notable Go projects. Open one on the map to see what else it hammers.
- Kubernetes 82 35%
- Tailscale 18 8%
- External Secrets 7 3%
- Kyverno 3 1%
- Velero 3 1%
where it's called
Callsites in the wild
12 representative callsites of 880, prioritizing in-loop and non-test usage. We link to source, never display it.
- in loop
- in loop
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knative.dev/pkg @v0.0.0-20260918182429-5dc1978f0042
webhook/psbinding/reconciler.go:400
in loop -
k8s.io/apiserver @v0.37.0
pkg/admission/testing/helpers.go:65
in loop - in loop
- in loop
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tailscale.com @v1.102.4
cmd/k8s-operator/api-server-proxy-pg.go:403
in loop - in loop
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k8s.io/apiserver @v0.37.0
pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/equality.go:105
in loop - in loop
- in loop
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tailscale.com @v1.102.4
cmd/k8s-operator/sts.go:461
in loop
top callers
The modules that reach for it
The modules that call Equalities.DeepEqual most in this snapshot.
- k8s.io/code-generator35841%
- k8s.io/api9411%
- k8s.io/apiserver576%
- k8s.io/apimachinery506%
- github.com/tektoncd/pipeline445%