Re: [PATCH] rcu: remove unused __kfree_rcu inline functions

["Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 01:53:14PM +0200, Alexander Block wrote:
> Patch "rcu: Make __kfree_rcu() less dependent on compiler choice"
> from Jan Engelhardt intended to replace the inline functions
> __kfree_rcu and __is_kfree_rcu_offset with macros.
> 
> Unfortunately, the patch only added the new macros but did not
> remove the old inline functions. This patch removes them finally.
> 
> With the unused functions still being around, module builds with
> -O0 still fail.

Good stuff, but someone beat you to it.  Please see commmit 3855cf05
(Remove function versions of __kfree_rcu and __is_kfree_rcu_offset) in:

	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git

							Thanx, Paul

> Signed-off-by: Alexander Block <ablock84@googlemail.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/rcupdate.h |   18 ------------------
>  1 file changed, 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> index 26d1a47..0ae2c55 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> @@ -906,24 +906,6 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
>  #define RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, v) \
>  		p = (typeof(*v) __force __rcu *)(v)
> 
> -static __always_inline bool __is_kfree_rcu_offset(unsigned long offset)
> -{
> -	return offset < 4096;
> -}
> -
> -static __always_inline
> -void __kfree_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, unsigned long offset)
> -{
> -	typedef void (*rcu_callback)(struct rcu_head *);
> -
> -	BUILD_BUG_ON(!__builtin_constant_p(offset));
> -
> -	/* See the kfree_rcu() header comment. */
> -	BUILD_BUG_ON(!__is_kfree_rcu_offset(offset));
> -
> -	kfree_call_rcu(head, (rcu_callback)offset);
> -}
> -
>  /*
>   * Does the specified offset indicate that the corresponding rcu_head
>   * structure can be handled by kfree_rcu()?
> -- 
> 1.7.10
>