linux-kernel - [PATCH 26/36] perf,rcu: convert call_rcu(free_ctx) to kfree

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Date:	Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:07:41 +0800
From:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 26/36] perf,rcu: convert call_rcu(free_ctx) to kfree_rcu()



The rcu callback free_ctx() just calls a kfree(),
so we use kfree_rcu() instead of the call_rcu(free_ctx).

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
---
 kernel/perf_event.c |   10 +---------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index ed253aa..b0581bd 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -584,14 +584,6 @@ static void get_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 	WARN_ON(!atomic_inc_not_zero(&ctx->refcount));
 }
 
-static void free_ctx(struct rcu_head *head)
-{
-	struct perf_event_context *ctx;
-
-	ctx = container_of(head, struct perf_event_context, rcu_head);
-	kfree(ctx);
-}
-
 static void put_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ctx->refcount)) {
@@ -599,7 +591,7 @@ static void put_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 			put_ctx(ctx->parent_ctx);
 		if (ctx->task)
 			put_task_struct(ctx->task);
-		call_rcu(&ctx->rcu_head, free_ctx);
+		kfree_rcu(ctx, rcu_head);
 	}
 }
 
-- 
1.7.4
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