[PATCH 1/2] maple_tree: Use kfree_rcu in ma_free_rcu

From: Pedro Falcato
Date: Fri Jul 18 2025 - 13:22:06 EST


kfree_rcu is an optimized version of call_rcu + kfree. It used to not be
possible to call it on non-kmalloc objects, but this restriction was
lifted ever since SLOB was dropped from the kernel, and since commit
6c6c47b063b5 ("mm, slab: call kvfree_rcu_barrier() from kmem_cache_destroy()").

Thus, replace call_rcu + mt_free_rcu with kfree_rcu.

Signed-off-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@xxxxxxx>
---
lib/maple_tree.c | 13 +++----------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/maple_tree.c b/lib/maple_tree.c
index b4ee2d29d7a9..91da2d9d00c3 100644
--- a/lib/maple_tree.c
+++ b/lib/maple_tree.c
@@ -191,13 +191,6 @@ static inline void mt_free_bulk(size_t size, void __rcu **nodes)
kmem_cache_free_bulk(maple_node_cache, size, (void **)nodes);
}

-static void mt_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
-{
- struct maple_node *node = container_of(head, struct maple_node, rcu);
-
- kmem_cache_free(maple_node_cache, node);
-}
-
/*
* ma_free_rcu() - Use rcu callback to free a maple node
* @node: The node to free
@@ -208,7 +201,7 @@ static void mt_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
static void ma_free_rcu(struct maple_node *node)
{
WARN_ON(node->parent != ma_parent_ptr(node));
- call_rcu(&node->rcu, mt_free_rcu);
+ kfree_rcu(node, rcu);
}

static void mt_set_height(struct maple_tree *mt, unsigned char height)
@@ -5281,7 +5274,7 @@ static void mt_free_walk(struct rcu_head *head)
mt_free_bulk(node->slot_len, slots);

free_leaf:
- mt_free_rcu(&node->rcu);
+ mt_free_one(node);
}

static inline void __rcu **mte_destroy_descend(struct maple_enode **enode,
@@ -5365,7 +5358,7 @@ static void mt_destroy_walk(struct maple_enode *enode, struct maple_tree *mt,

free_leaf:
if (free)
- mt_free_rcu(&node->rcu);
+ mt_free_one(node);
else
mt_clear_meta(mt, node, node->type);
}
--
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