Re: [PATCH 08/17] net: bridge: replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for simple kmem_cache_free callback

[Nikolay Aleksandrov]

On 13/10/2024 23:16, 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 made using Coccinelle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
>  net/bridge/br_fdb.c |    9 +--------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
> index 642b8ccaae8e..1cd7bade9b3b 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
> @@ -73,13 +73,6 @@ static inline int has_expired(const struct net_bridge *br,
>  	       time_before_eq(fdb->updated + hold_time(br), jiffies);
>  }
>  
> -static void fdb_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *head)
> -{
> -	struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *ent
> -		= container_of(head, struct net_bridge_fdb_entry, rcu);
> -	kmem_cache_free(br_fdb_cache, ent);
> -}
> -
>  static int fdb_to_nud(const struct net_bridge *br,
>  		      const struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *fdb)
>  {
> @@ -329,7 +322,7 @@ static void fdb_delete(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *f,
>  	if (test_and_clear_bit(BR_FDB_DYNAMIC_LEARNED, &f->flags))
>  		atomic_dec(&br->fdb_n_learned);
>  	fdb_notify(br, f, RTM_DELNEIGH, swdev_notify);
> -	call_rcu(&f->rcu, fdb_rcu_free);
> +	kfree_rcu(f, rcu);
>  }
>  
>  /* Delete a local entry if no other port had the same address.
> 

Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>