Re: [PATCH v3] mm: Allow calling vfree() from non-schedulable context.

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On 03/30/2017 11:20 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Maybe the right fix is to drop any support for non-user context in
> vfree and call vfree_deferred explicitly?
> 

Sounds like a lot of work. Also we could easily miss some calls.
And I don't see the point of it, it's just easier and safer to make vfree()
atomic-safe.

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