netdev - [PATCH net-next 2/2] arm: bpf_jit: can call module

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Date:	Mon, 20 May 2013 20:05:51 +0200
From:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Mircea Gherzan <mgherzan@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/2] arm: bpf_jit: can call module_free() from any context

Follow-up on module_free()/vfree() that takes care of the rest, so no
longer this workaround with work_struct needed.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Mircea Gherzan <mgherzan@...il.com>
---
 arch/arm/net/bpf_jit_32.c | 18 +++---------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/net/bpf_jit_32.c b/arch/arm/net/bpf_jit_32.c
index 1a643ee..f50d223 100644
--- a/arch/arm/net/bpf_jit_32.c
+++ b/arch/arm/net/bpf_jit_32.c
@@ -900,8 +900,7 @@ void bpf_jit_compile(struct sk_filter *fp)
 #endif
 
 	alloc_size = 4 * ctx.idx;
-	ctx.target = module_alloc(max(sizeof(struct work_struct),
-				      alloc_size));
+	ctx.target = module_alloc(alloc_size);
 	if (unlikely(ctx.target == NULL))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -927,19 +926,8 @@ out:
 	return;
 }
 
-static void bpf_jit_free_worker(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	module_free(NULL, work);
-}
-
 void bpf_jit_free(struct sk_filter *fp)
 {
-	struct work_struct *work;
-
-	if (fp->bpf_func != sk_run_filter) {
-		work = (struct work_struct *)fp->bpf_func;
-
-		INIT_WORK(work, bpf_jit_free_worker);
-		schedule_work(work);
-	}
+	if (fp->bpf_func != sk_run_filter)
+		module_free(NULL, fp->bpf_func);
 }
-- 
1.7.11.7

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