linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/5] x86/ldt: use vfree() instead of vfree

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Message-ID: <20170412124905.25443-3-aryabinin@virtuozzo.com>
Date:   Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:49:02 +0300
From:   Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>, <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <hpa@...or.com>, <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
        <hch@....de>, <mingo@...e.hu>, <jszhang@...vell.com>,
        <joelaf@...gle.com>, <joaodias@...gle.com>, <willy@...radead.org>,
        <tglx@...utronix.de>, <thellstrom@...are.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/5] x86/ldt: use vfree() instead of vfree_atomic()

vfree() can be used in any atomic context now, thus there is no point
in vfree_atomic().
This reverts commit 8d5341a6260a ("x86/ldt: use vfree_atomic()
to free ldt entries")

Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
index d4a1583..f09df2f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void free_ldt_struct(struct ldt_struct *ldt)
 
 	paravirt_free_ldt(ldt->entries, ldt->size);
 	if (ldt->size * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE > PAGE_SIZE)
-		vfree_atomic(ldt->entries);
+		vfree(ldt->entries);
 	else
 		free_page((unsigned long)ldt->entries);
 	kfree(ldt);
-- 
2.10.2