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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:07:53 -0400 From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu> To: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org> Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@...il.com>, Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>, "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/14] ext4/super: Rename kfree_rcu() to kfree_rcu_mightsleep() On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 06:18:54PM +0000, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote: > From: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@...il.com> > > The kfree_rcu() and kvfree_rcu() macros' single-argument forms are > deprecated. Therefore switch to the new kfree_rcu_mightsleep() and > kvfree_rcu_mightsleep() variants. The goal is to avoid accidental use > of the single-argument forms, which can introduce functionality bugs in > atomic contexts and latency bugs in non-atomic contexts. > > Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> > Cc: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com> > Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@...il.com> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org> > Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org> Acked-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
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