On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 08:14:24AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 00:16:39 -0400 > Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Indeed, and one could argue that "headless" sounds like something out > > of a horror movie ;-). Which of course does match the situation when > > the API is applied incorrectly. > > Well, "headless" is a common term in IT. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headless_software Indeed it is. But RCU is incapable of headlessness, so in the kvfree_rcu_mightsleep() case, the rcu_head is dynamically allocated. > We could be specific to what horror movie/story, and call it: > > kvfree_rcu_sleepy_hollow() > > Which will imply both headless *and* might_sleep! Heh! That one is almost bad enough to be good! Almost! ;-) Thanx, Paul
