linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 46/86] security,rcu: convert call_rcu(user_update_rcu_disposal) to kfree

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Date:	Sun,  1 May 2011 06:21:26 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca,
	josh@...htriplett.org, niv@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
	dhowells@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com, darren@...art.com,
	patches@...aro.org, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 46/86] security,rcu: convert call_rcu(user_update_rcu_disposal) to kfree_rcu()

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

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>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---
 security/keys/user_defined.c |   16 ++--------------
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/keys/user_defined.c b/security/keys/user_defined.c
index c6ca866..f66baf4 100644
--- a/security/keys/user_defined.c
+++ b/security/keys/user_defined.c
@@ -69,18 +69,6 @@ error:
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(user_instantiate);
 
 /*
- * dispose of the old data from an updated user defined key
- */
-static void user_update_rcu_disposal(struct rcu_head *rcu)
-{
-	struct user_key_payload *upayload;
-
-	upayload = container_of(rcu, struct user_key_payload, rcu);
-
-	kfree(upayload);
-}
-
-/*
  * update a user defined key
  * - the key's semaphore is write-locked
  */
@@ -114,7 +102,7 @@ int user_update(struct key *key, const void *data, size_t datalen)
 		key->expiry = 0;
 	}
 
-	call_rcu(&zap->rcu, user_update_rcu_disposal);
+	kfree_rcu(zap, rcu);
 
 error:
 	return ret;
@@ -145,7 +133,7 @@ void user_revoke(struct key *key)
 
 	if (upayload) {
 		rcu_assign_pointer(key->payload.data, NULL);
-		call_rcu(&upayload->rcu, user_update_rcu_disposal);
+		kfree_rcu(upayload, rcu);
 	}
 }
 
-- 
1.7.3.2

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