linux-kernel - [PATCH 34/36] vmalloc,rcu: convert call_rcu(rcu_free_vb) to kfree

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Date:	Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:13:08 +0800
From:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 34/36] vmalloc,rcu: convert call_rcu(rcu_free_vb) to kfree_rcu()



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

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
---
 mm/vmalloc.c |    9 +--------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index fe38e30..2f3c614 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -778,13 +778,6 @@ static struct vmap_block *new_vmap_block(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	return vb;
 }
 
-static void rcu_free_vb(struct rcu_head *head)
-{
-	struct vmap_block *vb = container_of(head, struct vmap_block, rcu_head);
-
-	kfree(vb);
-}
-
 static void free_vmap_block(struct vmap_block *vb)
 {
 	struct vmap_block *tmp;
@@ -797,7 +790,7 @@ static void free_vmap_block(struct vmap_block *vb)
 	BUG_ON(tmp != vb);
 
 	free_vmap_area_noflush(vb->va);
-	call_rcu(&vb->rcu_head, rcu_free_vb);
+	kfree_rcu(vb, rcu_head);
 }
 
 static void purge_fragmented_blocks(int cpu)
-- 
1.7.4
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