kvfree_rcu() can deal with an allocated memory that is obtained
via kvmalloc(). It can return two types of allocated memory or
"pointers", one can belong to regular SLAB allocator and another
one can be vmalloc one. It depends on requested size and memory
pressure.
<snip>
struct test_kvfree_rcu {
struct rcu_head rcu;
unsigned char array[100];
};
struct test_kvfree_rcu *p;
p = kvmalloc(10 * PAGE_SIZE);
if (p)
kvfree_rcu(p, rcu);
<snip>
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/rcupdate.h | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index b344fc800a9b..51b26ab02878 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -875,6 +875,15 @@ do { \
__kvfree_rcu(&((___p)->rhf), offsetof(typeof(*(ptr)), rhf)); \
} while (0)
+/**
+ * kvfree_rcu() - kvfree an object after a grace period.
+ * @ptr: pointer to kvfree
+ * @rhf: the name of the struct rcu_head within the type of @ptr.
+ *
+ * Same as kfree_rcu(), just simple alias.
+ */
+#define kvfree_rcu(ptr, rhf) kfree_rcu(ptr, rhf)
+
/*
* Place this after a lock-acquisition primitive to guarantee that
* an UNLOCK+LOCK pair acts as a full barrier. This guarantee applies
--
2.20.1
