For a single argument use a polled API to see if a GP is already passed. This allows to bypass an extra GP request in a slow path. Allocating a page or dynamic rcu_head might take some and still fail, in that scenario a GP which is requested on entry of kvfree_call_rcu() can be elapsed. Benefit from this. Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index e641cc681901..182772494cb0 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -3789,6 +3789,7 @@ add_ptr_to_bulk_krc_lock(struct kfree_rcu_cpu **krcp, void kvfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, void *ptr) { unsigned long flags; + struct rcu_gp_oldstate old_snap; struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp; bool success; @@ -3799,8 +3800,10 @@ void kvfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, void *ptr) * only. For other places please embed an rcu_head to * your data. */ - if (!head) + if (!head) { might_sleep(); + start_poll_synchronize_rcu_full(&old_snap); + } // Queue the object but don't yet schedule the batch. if (debug_rcu_head_queue(ptr)) { @@ -3853,7 +3856,7 @@ void kvfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, void *ptr) */ if (!success) { debug_rcu_head_unqueue((struct rcu_head *) ptr); - synchronize_rcu(); + cond_synchronize_rcu_full(&old_snap); kvfree(ptr); } } -- 2.39.2