Re: [PATCH 13/13] rcu/kvfree: Eliminate k[v]free_rcu() single argument macro

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 05:42:44PM +0100, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 03:12:03PM +0000, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 07:01:08AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > [..] 
> > > > > 7.	We then evaluate whether further cleanups are needed.
> > > > > 
> > > > > > > My feeling is
> > > > > > > that, we introduced "_mightsleep" macros first and after that try to
> > > > > > > convert users.
> > > > > 
> > > > > > One stopgap could be to add a checkpatch error if anyone tries to use old API,
> > > > > > and then in the meanwhile convert all users.
> > > > > > Though, that requires people listening to checkpatch complaints.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Every person who listens is that much less hassle.  It doesn't have to
> > > > > be perfect.  ;-)
> > > > 
> > > > The below checkpatch change can catch at least simple single-arg uses (i.e.
> > > > not having compound expressions inside of k[v]free_rcu() args). I will submit
> > > > a proper patch to it which we can include in this set.
> > > > 
> > > > Thoughts?
> > > > ---
> > > >  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 9 +++++++++
> > > >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > > > index 78cc595b98ce..fc73786064b3 100755
> > > > --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > > > +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > > > @@ -6362,6 +6362,15 @@ sub process {
> > > >  			}
> > > >  		}
> > > >  
> > > > +# check for soon-to-be-deprecated single-argument k[v]free_rcu() API
> > > > +		if ($line =~ /\bk[v]?free_rcu\s*\([^(]+\)/) {
> > > > +			if ($line =~ /\bk[v]?free_rcu\s*\([^,]+\)/) {
> > > > +				ERROR("DEPRECATED_API",
> > > > +				      "Single-argument k[v]free_rcu() API is deprecated, please pass an rcu_head object." . $herecurr);
> > > 
> > > Nice!
> > > 
> > > But could you please also tell them what to use instead?  Sure, they
> > > could look it up, but if it tells them directly, they are less likely
> > > to ignore it.
> > 
> > Sounds good, I will modify the warning to include the API to call and send
> > out a patch soon.
> > 
> Maybe compile warnings? Or is it too aggressive?

That is an excellent option if people ignore the checkpatch.pl warnings,
thus forcing us to delay past v6.5.  So Murphy would argue that we will
in fact take your good advice at some point.  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul