linux-kernel - [PATCH rcu 9/8] Add kvfree_rcu_mightsleep() and kfree_rcu

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Date:   Thu, 2 Feb 2023 17:43:05 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...a.com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org
Subject: [PATCH rcu 9/8] Add kvfree_rcu_mightsleep() and
 kfree_rcu_mightsleep()

The kvfree_rcu() and kfree_rcu() APIs are hazardous in that if you forget
the second argument, it works, but might sleep.  This sleeping can be a
correctness bug from atomic contexts, and even in non-atomic contexts
it might introduce unacceptable latencies.  This commit therefore adds
kvfree_rcu_mightsleep() and kfree_rcu_mightsleep(), which will replace
the single-argument kvfree_rcu() and kfree_rcu(), respectively.

This commit enables a series of commits that switch from single-argument
kvfree_rcu() and kfree_rcu() to their _mightsleep() counterparts.  Once
all of these commits land, the single-argument versions will be removed.

Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index f38d4469d7f30..84433600885a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -1004,6 +1004,9 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
 #define kvfree_rcu(...) KVFREE_GET_MACRO(__VA_ARGS__,		\
 	kvfree_rcu_arg_2, kvfree_rcu_arg_1)(__VA_ARGS__)

+#define kvfree_rcu_mightsleep(ptr) kvfree_rcu_arg_1(ptr)
+#define kfree_rcu_mightsleep(ptr) kvfree_rcu_mightsleep(ptr)
+
 #define KVFREE_GET_MACRO(_1, _2, NAME, ...) NAME
 #define kvfree_rcu_arg_2(ptr, rhf)					\
 do {									\