linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: use kfree_rcu instead of i

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Date:	Sun, 5 Oct 2014 04:48:06 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	John de la Garza <john@...ev.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: use kfree_rcu instead of i_callback

On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 11:00:42PM -0400, John de la Garza wrote:
> Since the callback is doing nothing more than calling kfree() we can
> use kfree_rcu() instead of having to use a callback.

Except that this

> -	kmem_cache_free(inode_cachep, inode);

isn't kfree()...
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