[PATCH 1/2] Move kfree_call_rcu() to slab_common.c

From: rao . shoaib
Date: Mon Apr 02 2018 - 01:32:04 EST


From: Rao Shoaib <rao.shoaib@xxxxxxxxxx>

kfree_call_rcu does not belong in linux/rcupdate.h and should be moved to
slab_common.c

Signed-off-by: Rao Shoaib <rao.shoaib@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/rcupdate.h | 43 +++----------------------------------------
include/linux/rcutree.h | 2 --
include/linux/slab.h | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 24 ++++++++++--------------
mm/slab_common.c | 10 ++++++++++
5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 043d047..6338fb6 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ void call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func);
#define call_rcu call_rcu_sched
#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU */

+/* only for use by kfree_call_rcu() */
+void call_rcu_lazy(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func);
+
void call_rcu_bh(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func);
void call_rcu_sched(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func);
void synchronize_sched(void);
@@ -837,45 +840,6 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
#define __is_kfree_rcu_offset(offset) ((offset) < 4096)

/*
- * Helper macro for kfree_rcu() to prevent argument-expansion eyestrain.
- */
-#define __kfree_rcu(head, offset) \
- do { \
- BUILD_BUG_ON(!__is_kfree_rcu_offset(offset)); \
- kfree_call_rcu(head, (rcu_callback_t)(unsigned long)(offset)); \
- } while (0)
-
-/**
- * kfree_rcu() - kfree an object after a grace period.
- * @ptr: pointer to kfree
- * @rcu_head: the name of the struct rcu_head within the type of @ptr.
- *
- * Many rcu callbacks functions just call kfree() on the base structure.
- * These functions are trivial, but their size adds up, and furthermore
- * when they are used in a kernel module, that module must invoke the
- * high-latency rcu_barrier() function at module-unload time.
- *
- * The kfree_rcu() function handles this issue. Rather than encoding a
- * function address in the embedded rcu_head structure, kfree_rcu() instead
- * encodes the offset of the rcu_head structure within the base structure.
- * Because the functions are not allowed in the low-order 4096 bytes of
- * kernel virtual memory, offsets up to 4095 bytes can be accommodated.
- * If the offset is larger than 4095 bytes, a compile-time error will
- * be generated in __kfree_rcu(). If this error is triggered, you can
- * either fall back to use of call_rcu() or rearrange the structure to
- * position the rcu_head structure into the first 4096 bytes.
- *
- * Note that the allowable offset might decrease in the future, for example,
- * to allow something like kmem_cache_free_rcu().
- *
- * The BUILD_BUG_ON check must not involve any function calls, hence the
- * checks are done in macros here.
- */
-#define kfree_rcu(ptr, rcu_head) \
- __kfree_rcu(&((ptr)->rcu_head), offsetof(typeof(*(ptr)), rcu_head))
-
-
-/*
* Place this after a lock-acquisition primitive to guarantee that
* an UNLOCK+LOCK pair acts as a full barrier. This guarantee applies
* if the UNLOCK and LOCK are executed by the same CPU or if the
@@ -887,5 +851,4 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
#define smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() do { } while (0)
#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WEAK_RELEASE_ACQUIRE */

-
#endif /* __LINUX_RCUPDATE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/rcutree.h b/include/linux/rcutree.h
index fd996cd..567ef58 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcutree.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcutree.h
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ void synchronize_rcu_bh(void);
void synchronize_sched_expedited(void);
void synchronize_rcu_expedited(void);

-void kfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func);
-
/**
* synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited - Brute-force RCU-bh grace period
*
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 231abc8..116e870 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -355,6 +355,48 @@ void *__kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags) __assume_kmalloc_alignment __malloc;
void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *, gfp_t flags) __assume_slab_alignment __malloc;
void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *, void *);

+void kfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func);
+
+/* Helper macro for kfree_rcu() to prevent argument-expansion eyestrain. */
+#define __kfree_rcu(head, offset) \
+ do { \
+ unsigned long __of = (unsigned long)offset; \
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(!__is_kfree_rcu_offset(__of)); \
+ kfree_call_rcu(head, (rcu_callback_t)(__of)); \
+ } while (0)
+
+/**
+ * kfree_rcu() - kfree an object after a grace period.
+ * @ptr: pointer to kfree
+ * @rcu_name: the name of the struct rcu_head within the type of @ptr.
+ *
+ * Many rcu callbacks functions just call kfree() on the base structure.
+ * These functions are trivial, but their size adds up, and furthermore
+ * when they are used in a kernel module, that module must invoke the
+ * high-latency rcu_barrier() function at module-unload time.
+ *
+ * The kfree_rcu() function handles this issue. Rather than encoding a
+ * function address in the embedded rcu_head structure, kfree_rcu() instead
+ * encodes the offset of the rcu_head structure within the base structure.
+ * Because the functions are not allowed in the low-order 4096 bytes of
+ * kernel virtual memory, offsets up to 4095 bytes can be accommodated.
+ * If the offset is larger than 4095 bytes, a compile-time error will
+ * be generated in __kfree_rcu(). If this error is triggered, you can
+ * either fall back to use of call_rcu() or rearrange the structure to
+ * position the rcu_head structure into the first 4096 bytes.
+ *
+ * Note that the allowable offset might decrease in the future, for example,
+ * to allow something like kmem_cache_free_rcu().
+ *
+ * The BUILD_BUG_ON check must not involve any function calls, hence the
+ * checks are done in macros here.
+ */
+#define kfree_rcu(ptr, rcu_name) \
+ do { \
+ unsigned long __off = offsetof(typeof(*(ptr)), rcu_name); \
+ struct rcu_head *__rptr = (void *)ptr + __off; \
+ __kfree_rcu(__rptr, __off); \
+ } while (0)
/*
* Bulk allocation and freeing operations. These are accelerated in an
* allocator specific way to avoid taking locks repeatedly or building
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 491bdf3..e40f014 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3101,6 +3101,16 @@ void call_rcu_sched(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu_sched);

+/* Queue an RCU callback for lazy invocation after a grace period.
+ * Currently there is no way of tagging the lazy RCU callbacks in the
+ * list of pending callbacks. Until then, this function may only be
+ * called from kfree_call_rcu().
+ */
+void call_rcu_lazy(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func)
+{
+ __call_rcu(head, func, rcu_state_p, -1, 1);
+}
+
/**
* call_rcu_bh() - Queue an RCU for invocation after a quicker grace period.
* @head: structure to be used for queueing the RCU updates.
@@ -3130,20 +3140,6 @@ void call_rcu_bh(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu_bh);

/*
- * Queue an RCU callback for lazy invocation after a grace period.
- * This will likely be later named something like "call_rcu_lazy()",
- * but this change will require some way of tagging the lazy RCU
- * callbacks in the list of pending callbacks. Until then, this
- * function may only be called from __kfree_rcu().
- */
-void kfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head,
- rcu_callback_t func)
-{
- __call_rcu(head, func, rcu_state_p, -1, 1);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kfree_call_rcu);
-
-/*
* Because a context switch is a grace period for RCU-sched and RCU-bh,
* any blocking grace-period wait automatically implies a grace period
* if there is only one CPU online at any point time during execution
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 10f127b..2ea9866 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -1525,6 +1525,16 @@ void kzfree(const void *p)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kzfree);

+/*
+ * Queue Memory to be freed by RCU after a grace period.
+ */
+void kfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head,
+ rcu_callback_t func)
+{
+ call_rcu_lazy(head, func);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kfree_call_rcu);
+
/* Tracepoints definitions. */
EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kmalloc);
EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc);
--
2.7.4