linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/14] workqueue: replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for simple kmem_cache

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Message-ID: <ZmdirLnJ2RJXoGCF@slm.duckdns.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:31:40 -1000
From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>
Cc: kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/14] workqueue: replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for
 simple kmem_cache_free callback

On Sun, Jun 09, 2024 at 10:27:24AM +0200, 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.
...
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>
> Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>

Applied to wq/for-6.11.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun