[PATCH 7/9] net/core: Switch to kvfree_rcu() API

From: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)
Date: Wed Nov 24 2021 - 06:04:15 EST


Instead of invoking a synchronize_rcu() to free a pointer
after a grace period we can directly make use of new API
that does the same but in more efficient way.

CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/sysctl_net_core.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index 5f88526ad61c..8b4ab9a6e2d7 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ static int flow_limit_cpu_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
lockdep_is_held(&flow_limit_update_mutex));
if (cur && !cpumask_test_cpu(i, mask)) {
RCU_INIT_POINTER(sd->flow_limit, NULL);
- synchronize_rcu();
- kfree(cur);
+ kvfree_rcu(cur);
} else if (!cur && cpumask_test_cpu(i, mask)) {
cur = kzalloc_node(len, GFP_KERNEL,
cpu_to_node(i));
--
2.30.2