linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/14] posix-timers: replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for simple kmem_cache

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Date: Sun,  9 Jun 2024 10:27:23 +0200
From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>
To: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc: kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH 11/14] posix-timers: replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for simple kmem_cache_free callback

Since SLOB was removed, it is not necessary to use call_rcu
when the callback only performs kmem_cache_free. Use
kfree_rcu() directly.

The changes were done using the following Coccinelle semantic patch.
This semantic patch is designed to ignore cases where the callback
function is used in another way.

// <smpl>
@r@
expression e;
local idexpression e2;
identifier cb,f;
position p;
@@

(
call_rcu(...,e2)
|
call_rcu(&e->f,cb@p)
)

@r1@
type T;
identifier x,r.cb;
@@

 cb(...) {
(
   kmem_cache_free(...);
|
   T x = ...;
   kmem_cache_free(...,x);
|
   T x;
   x = ...;
   kmem_cache_free(...,x);
)
 }

@s depends on r1@
position p != r.p;
identifier r.cb;
@@

 cb@p

@script:ocaml@
cb << r.cb;
p << s.p;
@@

Printf.eprintf "Other use of %s at %s:%d\n"
   cb (List.hd p).file (List.hd p).line

@depends on r1 && !s@
expression e;
identifier r.cb,f;
position r.p;
@@

- call_rcu(&e->f,cb@p)
+ kfree_rcu(e,f)

@r1a depends on !s@
type T;
identifier x,r.cb;
@@

- cb(...) {
(
-  kmem_cache_free(...);
|
-  T x = ...;
-  kmem_cache_free(...,x);
|
-  T x;
-  x = ...;
-  kmem_cache_free(...,x);
)
- }
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>

---
 kernel/time/posix-timers.c |    9 +--------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
index b924f0f096fa..bad5db979664 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -412,18 +412,11 @@ static struct k_itimer * alloc_posix_timer(void)
 	return tmr;
 }
 
-static void k_itimer_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *head)
-{
-	struct k_itimer *tmr = container_of(head, struct k_itimer, rcu);
-
-	kmem_cache_free(posix_timers_cache, tmr);
-}
-
 static void posix_timer_free(struct k_itimer *tmr)
 {
 	put_pid(tmr->it_pid);
 	sigqueue_free(tmr->sigq);
-	call_rcu(&tmr->rcu, k_itimer_rcu_free);
+	kfree_rcu(tmr, rcu);
 }
 
 static void posix_timer_unhash_and_free(struct k_itimer *tmr)