The patch titled Subject: ipc/util: drop ipc_rcu_free() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_free.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_free.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_free.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ipc/util: drop ipc_rcu_free() There are no more callers of ipc_rcu_free(), so remove it. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170525185107.12869-9-manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/util.c | 7 ------- ipc/util.h | 1 - 2 files changed, 8 deletions(-) diff -puN ipc/util.c~ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_free ipc/util.c --- a/ipc/util.c~ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_free +++ a/ipc/util.c @@ -429,13 +429,6 @@ void ipc_rcu_putref(struct kern_ipc_perm call_rcu(&ptr->rcu, func); } -void ipc_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *h) -{ - struct kern_ipc_perm *ptr = container_of(h, struct kern_ipc_perm, rcu); - - kvfree(ptr); -} - /** * ipcperms - check ipc permissions * @ns: ipc namespace diff -puN ipc/util.h~ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_free ipc/util.h --- a/ipc/util.h~ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_free +++ a/ipc/util.h @@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc_rcu_alloc(int int ipc_rcu_getref(struct kern_ipc_perm *ptr); void ipc_rcu_putref(struct kern_ipc_perm *ptr, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head)); -void ipc_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *h); struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc_lock(struct ipc_ids *, int); struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc_obtain_object_idr(struct ipc_ids *ids, int id); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx are ipc-drop-non-rcu-allocation.patch ipc-sem-do-not-use-ipc_rcu_free.patch ipc-shm-do-not-use-ipc_rcu_free.patch ipc-msg-do-not-use-ipc_rcu_free.patch ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_free.patch ipc-sem-avoid-ipc_rcu_alloc.patch ipc-shm-avoid-ipc_rcu_alloc.patch ipc-msg-avoid-ipc_rcu_alloc.patch ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_alloc.patch ipc-move-atomic_set-to-where-it-is-needed.patch ipc-shm-remove-special-shm_alloc-free.patch ipc-msg-remove-special-msg_alloc-free.patch ipc-sem-drop-__sem_free.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html