linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 07/14] cred: Move call_rcu() to call_rcu

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Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2022 20:48:50 +0000
From:   "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        paulmck@...nel.org,
        Rushikesh S Kadam <rushikesh.s.kadam@...el.com>,
        "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@...il.com>,
        Neeraj upadhyay <neeraj.iitr10@...il.com>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        rcu <rcu@...r.kernel.org>, vineeth@...byteword.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 07/14] cred: Move call_rcu() to call_rcu_lazy()

This is required to prevent callbacks triggering RCU machinery too
quickly and too often, which adds more power to the system.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
---
 kernel/cred.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index e10c15f51c1f..c7cb2e3ac73a 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void __put_cred(struct cred *cred)
 	if (cred->non_rcu)
 		put_cred_rcu(&cred->rcu);
 	else
-		call_rcu(&cred->rcu, put_cred_rcu);
+		call_rcu_lazy(&cred->rcu, put_cred_rcu);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__put_cred);
 
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