linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/14] net: bridge: replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for simple kmem_cache

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Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 12:04:53 +0300
From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
To: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>, Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>
Cc: kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, bridge@...ts.linux.dev,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/14] net: bridge: replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for
 simple kmem_cache_free callback

On 6/9/24 11:27, Julia Lawall wrote:
> 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.
> 
[snip]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>
> Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> 
> ---
>  net/bridge/br_fdb.c |    9 +--------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 

Thanks,
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>