netdev - Re: (subset) [PATCH 00/17] replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for simple kmem_cache

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Message-Id: <172885281086.338120.2063739137198887833.b4-ty@kernel.dk>
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 14:53:30 -0600
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To: linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>
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Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH 00/17] replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for
 simple kmem_cache_free callback


On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 22:16:47 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Since SLOB was removed and since
> commit 6c6c47b063b5 ("mm, slab: call kvfree_rcu_barrier() from kmem_cache_destroy()"),
> 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.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[09/17] block: replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for simple kmem_cache_free callback
        commit: 7a9b197adbafa9d6d1a79a0633607b78b1adef82

Best regards,
-- 
Jens Axboe