linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 1/7] net,rcu: convert call_rcu(sk_filter_release_rcu) to kfree

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Message-ID: <20110503193349.GX2294@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 3 May 2011 12:33:49 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	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, kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 1/7] net,rcu: convert
 call_rcu(sk_filter_release_rcu) to kfree_rcu

On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 08:16:04AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > * Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 02:41:56PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > > > From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > > > Date: Mon,  2 May 2011 09:13:38 -0700
> > > > 
> > > > > The RCU callback sk_filter_release_rcu just calls kfree(), so we use
> > > > > kfree_rcu() instead of call_rcu().
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > > > 
> > > > I'm fine with all of these net conversions:
> > > > 
> > > > Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> > > 
> > > Thank you, Dave!
> > 
> > Looking at the networking-only diffstat i suspect the best flow would be if 
> > Dave pulled these from you into the networking tree?
> 
> Oh, but kfree_rcu() is not upstream yet, right? So it has to be in the RCU 
> tree.

Yep!  So I either need to get kfree_rcu() upstream, then push up Dave's
tree, or I need to push them all up -tip.  Either way is fine by me.

							Thanx, Paul
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