linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2 17/47] rcu: dynamically allocate the rcu-lazy shrinker

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jul 2023 15:04:30 +0800
From:   Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>
To:     Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 17/47] rcu: dynamically allocate the rcu-lazy shrinker



> On Jul 24, 2023, at 17:43, Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com> wrote:
> 
> Use new APIs to dynamically allocate the rcu-lazy shrinker.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
> ---
> kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 19 +++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
> index 43229d2b0c44..919f17561733 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
> @@ -1397,12 +1397,7 @@ lazy_rcu_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
> return count ? count : SHRINK_STOP;
> }
> 
> -static struct shrinker lazy_rcu_shrinker = {
> -	.count_objects = lazy_rcu_shrink_count,
> -	.scan_objects = lazy_rcu_shrink_scan,
> -	.batch = 0,
> -	.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS,
> -};
> +static struct shrinker *lazy_rcu_shrinker;

Seems there is no users of this variable, maybe we could drop
this.