Re: [PATCH 02/17] ipv4: replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for simple kmem_cache_free callback

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Mon Oct 14 2024 - 03:42:22 EST


On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 10:18 PM Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxxx> 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>

Note that fn_alias_kmem is never destroyed, so commit 6c6c47b063b5
seems not relevant.

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>