From: Uladzislau Rezki <uladzislau.rezki@xxxxxxxx> Instead of invoking a synchronize_rcu() to free a pointer after a grace period we can directly make use of new API that does the same but in more efficient way. CC: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki <uladzislau.rezki@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/sysfs.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/sysfs.c b/fs/nfs/sysfs.c index 8cb70755e3c9..ff88d5d58e1e 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/sysfs.c +++ b/fs/nfs/sysfs.c @@ -113,10 +113,9 @@ static ssize_t nfs_netns_identifier_store(struct kobject *kobj, if (!p) return -ENOMEM; old = rcu_dereference_protected(xchg(&c->identifier, (char __rcu *)p), 1); - if (old) { - synchronize_rcu(); - kfree(old); - } + if (old) + kvfree_rcu(old); + return count; } -- 2.30.2