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.

Signed-off-by: Hongling Zeng <zenghongling@kylinos.cn>
---
 kernel/time/posix-timers.c | 8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
index 4576aae..6a74a6b 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -413,18 +413,12 @@ static struct k_itimer * alloc_posix_timer(void)
 	return tmr;
 }
 
-static void k_itimer_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *head)
-{
-	struct k_itimer *tmr = container_of(head, struct k_itimer, rcu);
-
-	kmem_cache_free(posix_timers_cache, tmr);
-}
 
 static void posix_timer_free(struct k_itimer *tmr)
 {
 	put_pid(tmr->it_pid);
 	sigqueue_free(tmr->sigq);
-	call_rcu(&tmr->rcu, k_itimer_rcu_free);
+	kfree_rcu(tmr, rcu);
 }
 
 static void posix_timer_unhash_and_free(struct k_itimer *tmr)
-- 
2.1.0

On Wed, Oct 30 2024 at 11:15, Hongling Zeng wrote:

Thanks for your patch. Some nitpicks:

Please read and follow:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-tip.html

especially the section 'Patch submission notes'

Thanks,

        tglx