Re: [PATCH 10/13] ipvs: Rename kfree_rcu() to kfree_rcu_mightsleep()

[Joel Fernandes]

Hello,

On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 06:19:49PM +0100, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 06:10:18PM +0100, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 06:12:04PM +0200, Julian Anastasov wrote:
> > > 
> > > 	Hello,
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 1 Feb 2023, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 04:09:51PM +0100, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote:
> > > > > The kfree_rcu()'s single argument name is deprecated therefore
> > > > > rename it to kfree_rcu_mightsleep() variant. The goal is explicitly
> > > > > underline that it is for sleepable contexts.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Cc: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Jiri Wiesner <jwiesner@xxxxxxx>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c | 2 +-
> > > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c
> > > > > index ce2a1549b304..a39baf6d1367 100644
> > > > > --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c
> > > > > +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c
> > > > > @@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ void ip_vs_stop_estimator(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, struct ip_vs_stats *stats)
> > > > >  	__set_bit(row, kd->avail);
> > > > >  	if (!kd->tick_len[row]) {
> > > > >  		RCU_INIT_POINTER(kd->ticks[row], NULL);
> > > > > -		kfree_rcu(td);
> > > > 
> > > > I also found this kfree_rcu() without rcu_head call a few weeks ago.
> > > > 
> > > > @Wiesner, @Julian: Any chance this can be turned into kfree_rcu(td, rcu_head); ?
> > > 
> > > 	Yes, as simple as this:
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/include/net/ip_vs.h b/include/net/ip_vs.h
> > > index c6c61100d244..6d71a5ff52df 100644
> > > --- a/include/net/ip_vs.h
> > > +++ b/include/net/ip_vs.h
> > > @@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ void ip_vs_stats_free(struct ip_vs_stats *stats);
> > >  
> > >  /* Multiple chains processed in same tick */
> > >  struct ip_vs_est_tick_data {
> > > +	struct rcu_head		rcu_head;
> > >  	struct hlist_head	chains[IPVS_EST_TICK_CHAINS];
> > >  	DECLARE_BITMAP(present, IPVS_EST_TICK_CHAINS);
> > >  	DECLARE_BITMAP(full, IPVS_EST_TICK_CHAINS);
> > > diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c
> > > index df56073bb282..25c7118d9348 100644
> > > --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c
> > > +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c
> > > @@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ void ip_vs_stop_estimator(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, struct ip_vs_stats *stats)
> > >  	__set_bit(row, kd->avail);
> > >  	if (!kd->tick_len[row]) {
> > >  		RCU_INIT_POINTER(kd->ticks[row], NULL);
> > > -		kfree_rcu(td);
> > > +		kfree_rcu(td, rcu_head);
> > >  	}
> > >  	kd->est_count--;
> > >  	if (kd->est_count) {
> > > 
> > > 	I was about to reply to Uladzislau Rezki but his patchset
> > > looks more like a renaming, so I'm not sure how we are about
> > > to integrate this change, as separate patch or as part of his
> > > patchset. I don't have preference, just let me know how to
> > > handle it.
> > 
> > @Uladzislau Rezki: Are you fine with dropping this patch from your
> > series and Julian will send us a patch for inclusion into net-next to
> > use the kfree_rcu(x, rcu_head) variant?
> Absolutely. So i will drop it from my series.
> 

Since this patch was dropped, it is the only case blocking the proper
integration of this series into linux-next. We want to drop the old API and
currently we are not able to, thus this revert [1] has to be unfortunately
carried in linux-next.

For that reason, there are 2 options:

1. Can we get the new rcu_head approach for ipvs posted and reviewed with
suitable Acks?

2. Can we carry Vlad's patch to use kfree_rcu_mightsleep() in ipvs and drop
it later if/when #1 is completed?

Option 2 has the unfortunate effect that it will conflict with your new
approach of using rcu_head so I'd rather you fix it that way and get it
Acked. And once acked, we can also take it via the RCU tree if the net
maintainers are Ok with that.

Please advise.

thanks,

 - Joel

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git/commit/?h=dev&id=3898e7642316732e23716ca902f9d122736f9805