linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 20/28] security,rcu: Convert call_rcu(sel_netnode_free) to kfree

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Date:	Wed,  8 Jun 2011 12:29:59 -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>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 20/28] security,rcu: Convert call_rcu(sel_netnode_free) to kfree_rcu()

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

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

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
---
 security/selinux/netnode.c |   20 ++------------------
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/selinux/netnode.c b/security/selinux/netnode.c
index 65ebfe9..692b857 100644
--- a/security/selinux/netnode.c
+++ b/security/selinux/netnode.c
@@ -69,22 +69,6 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sel_netnode_lock);
 static struct sel_netnode_bkt sel_netnode_hash[SEL_NETNODE_HASH_SIZE];
 
 /**
- * sel_netnode_free - Frees a node entry
- * @p: the entry's RCU field
- *
- * Description:
- * This function is designed to be used as a callback to the call_rcu()
- * function so that memory allocated to a hash table node entry can be
- * released safely.
- *
- */
-static void sel_netnode_free(struct rcu_head *p)
-{
-	struct sel_netnode *node = container_of(p, struct sel_netnode, rcu);
-	kfree(node);
-}
-
-/**
  * sel_netnode_hashfn_ipv4 - IPv4 hashing function for the node table
  * @addr: IPv4 address
  *
@@ -192,7 +176,7 @@ static void sel_netnode_insert(struct sel_netnode *node)
 			rcu_dereference(sel_netnode_hash[idx].list.prev),
 			struct sel_netnode, list);
 		list_del_rcu(&tail->list);
-		call_rcu(&tail->rcu, sel_netnode_free);
+		kfree_rcu(tail, rcu);
 	} else
 		sel_netnode_hash[idx].size++;
 }
@@ -305,7 +289,7 @@ static void sel_netnode_flush(void)
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(node, node_tmp,
 					 &sel_netnode_hash[idx].list, list) {
 				list_del_rcu(&node->list);
-				call_rcu(&node->rcu, sel_netnode_free);
+				kfree_rcu(node, rcu);
 		}
 		sel_netnode_hash[idx].size = 0;
 	}
-- 
1.7.3.2

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