linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 14/28] security,rcu: Convert call_rcu(whitelist_item_free) to kfree

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Message-ID: <20110609184534.GJ2285@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 9 Jun 2011 11:45:34 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 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
Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 14/28] security,rcu: Convert
 call_rcu(whitelist_item_free) to kfree_rcu()

On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 10:39:02AM +1000, James Morris wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jun 2011, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> 
> > From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
> > 
> > The rcu callback whitelist_item_free() just calls a kfree(),
> > so we use kfree_rcu() instead of the call_rcu(whitelist_item_free).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > Cc: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
> 
> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>

Thank you, James!

							Thanx, Paul
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