Re: (subset) [PATCH 00/17] replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for simple kmem_cache_free callback
From: Michael Ellerman <hidden>
Date: 2024-11-17 12:04:24
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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 to powerpc/topic/ppc-kvm.
[13/17] KVM: PPC: replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for simple kmem_cache_free callback
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/1db6a4e8a3fc8ccaa4690272935e02831dc6d40d
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