linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 31/36] security,rcu: convert call_rcu(user_update_rcu_disposal) to kfree

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Message-ID: <16158.1301597440@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:50:40 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	keyrings@...ux-nfs.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 31/36] security,rcu: convert call_rcu(user_update_rcu_disposal) to kfree_rcu()

Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> The rcu callback user_update_rcu_disposal() just calls a kfree(),
> so we use kfree_rcu() instead of the call_rcu(user_update_rcu_disposal).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>

Nice idea, but how do you handle the container_of()?

David
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