* [PATCH net-next 1/1] driver: macvlan: Remove the rcu member of macvlan_port
@ 2016-12-07 4:23 fgao
2016-12-07 18:22 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: fgao @ 2016-12-07 4:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: davem, kaber, netdev, gfree.wind; +Cc: Gao Feng
From: Gao Feng <fgao@ikuai8.com>
When free macvlan_port in macvlan_port_destroy, it is safe to free
directly because netdev_rx_handler_unregister could enforce one
grace period.
So it is unnecessary to use kfree_rcu for macvlan_port.
Signed-off-by: Gao Feng <fgao@ikuai8.com>
---
drivers/net/macvlan.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 3c0a171..20b3fdf2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ struct macvlan_port {
struct net_device *dev;
struct hlist_head vlan_hash[MACVLAN_HASH_SIZE];
struct list_head vlans;
- struct rcu_head rcu;
struct sk_buff_head bc_queue;
struct work_struct bc_work;
bool passthru;
@@ -1151,7 +1150,7 @@ static void macvlan_port_destroy(struct net_device *dev)
cancel_work_sync(&port->bc_work);
__skb_queue_purge(&port->bc_queue);
- kfree_rcu(port, rcu);
+ kfree(port);
}
static int macvlan_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
--
1.9.1
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* Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] driver: macvlan: Remove the rcu member of macvlan_port
2016-12-07 4:23 [PATCH net-next 1/1] driver: macvlan: Remove the rcu member of macvlan_port fgao
@ 2016-12-07 18:22 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2016-12-07 18:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: fgao; +Cc: kaber, netdev, gfree.wind
From: fgao@ikuai8.com
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 12:23:18 +0800
> From: Gao Feng <fgao@ikuai8.com>
>
> When free macvlan_port in macvlan_port_destroy, it is safe to free
> directly because netdev_rx_handler_unregister could enforce one
> grace period.
> So it is unnecessary to use kfree_rcu for macvlan_port.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gao Feng <fgao@ikuai8.com>
Applied.
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