The patch titled
Subject: mm: remove __vfree_deferred
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-remove-__vfree_deferred.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-remove-__vfree_deferred.patch
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Subject: mm: remove __vfree_deferred
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 08:10:44 +0100
Fold __vfree_deferred into vfree_atomic, and call vfree_atomic early on
from vfree if called from interrupt context so that the extra low-level
helper can be avoided.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230121071051.1143058-4-hch@xxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-remove-__vfree_deferred
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2769,20 +2769,6 @@ static void __vunmap(const void *addr, i
kfree(area);
}
-static inline void __vfree_deferred(const void *addr)
-{
- /*
- * Use raw_cpu_ptr() because this can be called from preemptible
- * context. Preemption is absolutely fine here, because the llist_add()
- * implementation is lockless, so it works even if we are adding to
- * another cpu's list. schedule_work() should be fine with this too.
- */
- struct vfree_deferred *p = raw_cpu_ptr(&vfree_deferred);
-
- if (llist_add((struct llist_node *)addr, &p->list))
- schedule_work(&p->wq);
-}
-
/**
* vfree_atomic - release memory allocated by vmalloc()
* @addr: memory base address
@@ -2792,13 +2778,19 @@ static inline void __vfree_deferred(cons
*/
void vfree_atomic(const void *addr)
{
- BUG_ON(in_nmi());
+ struct vfree_deferred *p = raw_cpu_ptr(&vfree_deferred);
+ BUG_ON(in_nmi());
kmemleak_free(addr);
- if (!addr)
- return;
- __vfree_deferred(addr);
+ /*
+ * Use raw_cpu_ptr() because this can be called from preemptible
+ * context. Preemption is absolutely fine here, because the llist_add()
+ * implementation is lockless, so it works even if we are adding to
+ * another cpu's list. schedule_work() should be fine with this too.
+ */
+ if (addr && llist_add((struct llist_node *)addr, &p->list))
+ schedule_work(&p->wq);
}
/**
@@ -2820,17 +2812,16 @@ void vfree_atomic(const void *addr)
*/
void vfree(const void *addr)
{
- BUG_ON(in_nmi());
+ if (unlikely(in_interrupt())) {
+ vfree_atomic(addr);
+ return;
+ }
+ BUG_ON(in_nmi());
kmemleak_free(addr);
+ might_sleep();
- might_sleep_if(!in_interrupt());
-
- if (!addr)
- return;
- if (unlikely(in_interrupt()))
- __vfree_deferred(addr);
- else
+ if (addr)
__vunmap(addr, 1);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfree);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from hch@xxxxxx are
revert-remoteproc-qcom_q6v5_mss-map-unmap-metadata-region-before-after-use.patch
mm-reject-vmap-with-vm_flush_reset_perms.patch
mm-remove-__vfree.patch
mm-remove-__vfree_deferred.patch
mm-move-vmalloc_init-and-free_work-down-in-vmallocc.patch
mm-call-vfree-instead-of-__vunmap-from-delayed_vfree_work.patch
mm-move-__remove_vm_area-out-of-va_remove_mappings.patch
mm-use-remove_vm_area-in-__vunmap.patch
mm-move-debug-checks-from-__vunmap-to-remove_vm_area.patch
mm-split-__vunmap.patch
mm-refactor-va_remove_mappings.patch
