Re: [PATCH 2/4] signal: Make flush_sigqueue() use free_q to release memory

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To: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] signal: Make flush_sigqueue() use free_q to release memory
From: Christopher Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 17:50:20 +0000
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On Fri, 22 Mar 2019, Waiman Long wrote:

> I am looking forward to it.

There is also alrady rcu being used in these paths. kfree_rcu() would not
be enough? It is an estalished mechanism that is mature and well
understood.

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