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[tip/core/rcu,7/7] net,rcu: convert call_rcu(xt_rateest_free_rcu) to kfree_rcu()

Message ID 1304352824-6563-7-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
State Superseded
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Paul E. McKenney May 2, 2011, 4:13 p.m. UTC 
The RCU callback xt_rateest_free_rcu() just calls kfree(), so we can
use kfree_rcu() instead of call_rcu().  This also allows us to dispense
with an rcu_barrier() call, speeding up unloading of this module.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
---
 net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c |    8 +-------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c b/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c
index de079ab..f264032 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@  struct xt_rateest *xt_rateest_lookup(const char *name)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xt_rateest_lookup);
 
-static void xt_rateest_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
-{
-	kfree(container_of(head, struct xt_rateest, rcu));
-}
-
 void xt_rateest_put(struct xt_rateest *est)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&xt_rateest_mutex);
@@ -75,7 +70,7 @@  void xt_rateest_put(struct xt_rateest *est)
 		 * gen_estimator est_timer() might access est->lock or bstats,
 		 * wait a RCU grace period before freeing 'est'
 		 */
-		call_rcu(&est->rcu, xt_rateest_free_rcu);
+		kfree_rcu(est, rcu);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&xt_rateest_mutex);
 }
@@ -188,7 +183,6 @@  static int __init xt_rateest_tg_init(void)
 static void __exit xt_rateest_tg_fini(void)
 {
 	xt_unregister_target(&xt_rateest_tg_reg);
-	rcu_barrier(); /* Wait for completion of call_rcu()'s (xt_rateest_free_rcu) */
 }