Re: [PATCH 5/9] x86/mm: Switch to kvfree_rcu() API

From: Uladzislau Rezki
Date: Wed Nov 24 2021 - 13:01:21 EST


>
> This is the first I've seen kvfree_rcu() (that I actually noticed/remember,
> I'm sure I probably was Cc'd on some patches). And I find the comment
> around it very confusing:
>
> Specifically:
>
>
> * kvfree_rcu(ptr);
> *
> * where @ptr is a pointer to kvfree().
>
> The above suggests that you should pass a pointer to the actual function
> kvfree to kvfree_rcu(), which is not what I believe is to be done.
>
> i.e. kvfree_rcu(kvfree) ???
>
> Perhaps rewrite that to say:
>
> * where @ptr is the pointer to be freed by kvfree().
>
> ?
Indeed. I will fix that by sending a patch to change a description to
be less confusing :)

>
> Other than that, the patch looks fine to me.
>
> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
I will place your "Acked-by" to 9/9 one.

Thanks!

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Uladzislau Rezki