linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 9/9] tracing: Switch to kvfree

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Date:   Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:00:03 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@...il.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, RCU <rcu@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Daniel Axtens <dja@...ens.net>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@...eaurora.org>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Theodore Y . Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Oleksiy Avramchenko <oleksiy.avramchenko@...ymobile.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] tracing: Switch to kvfree_rcu() API

On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:03:08 +0100
"Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@...il.com> wrote:

> Instead of invoking a synchronize_rcu() to free a pointer
> after a grace period we can directly make use of new API
> that does the same but in more efficient way.
> 
> CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@...il.com>
> ---

Replying to the correct patch this time.

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org> 

-- Steve