Re: [PATCH 11/17] posix-timers: replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for simple kmem_cache_free callback

[Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 10:16:58PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Since SLOB was removed and since
> commit 6c6c47b063b5 ("mm, slab: call kvfree_rcu_barrier() from kmem_cache_destroy()"),
> it is not necessary to use call_rcu when the callback only performs
> kmem_cache_free. Use kfree_rcu() directly.
> 
> The changes were made using Coccinelle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@inria.fr>
> 
> ---
>  kernel/time/posix-timers.c |    9 +--------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
> index 4576aaed13b2..fc40dacabe78 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
> @@ -413,18 +413,11 @@ static struct k_itimer * alloc_posix_timer(void)
>  	return tmr;
>  }
>  
> -static void k_itimer_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *head)
> -{
> -	struct k_itimer *tmr = container_of(head, struct k_itimer, rcu);
> -
> -	kmem_cache_free(posix_timers_cache, tmr);
> -}
> -
>  static void posix_timer_free(struct k_itimer *tmr)
>  {
>  	put_pid(tmr->it_pid);
>  	sigqueue_free(tmr->sigq);
> -	call_rcu(&tmr->rcu, k_itimer_rcu_free);
> +	kfree_rcu(tmr, rcu);
>  }
>  
>  static void posix_timer_unhash_and_free(struct k_itimer *tmr)
> 
> 
Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>

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