linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 65/86] perf,rcu: convert call_rcu(free_ctx) to kfree

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Date:	Sun,  1 May 2011 06:21:45 -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 65/86] perf,rcu: convert call_rcu(free_ctx) to kfree_rcu()

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

The rcu callback free_ctx() just calls a kfree(),
so we use kfree_rcu() instead of the call_rcu(free_ctx).

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/perf_event.c |   10 +---------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 27960f1..865c6f7 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -585,14 +585,6 @@ static void get_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 	WARN_ON(!atomic_inc_not_zero(&ctx->refcount));
 }
 
-static void free_ctx(struct rcu_head *head)
-{
-	struct perf_event_context *ctx;
-
-	ctx = container_of(head, struct perf_event_context, rcu_head);
-	kfree(ctx);
-}
-
 static void put_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ctx->refcount)) {
@@ -600,7 +592,7 @@ static void put_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 			put_ctx(ctx->parent_ctx);
 		if (ctx->task)
 			put_task_struct(ctx->task);
-		call_rcu(&ctx->rcu_head, free_ctx);
+		kfree_rcu(ctx, rcu_head);
 	}
 }
 
-- 
1.7.3.2

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