Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Error out if deprecated RCU API used

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Tue, 2023-03-07 at 00:11 -0500, Joel Fernandes wrote:

> Do you mind sharing which tree you are looking at? I checked both
> 6.3-rc1 and linux-next.
> 
> Your grep returned:
> 
> kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c:   kvfree_rcu(inst);
> kernel/trace/trace_probe.c:     kvfree_rcu(link);
> lib/test_vmalloc.c:             kvfree_rcu(p);
> mm/list_lru.c:   * We need kvfree_rcu() here. And the walking of the list
> net/core/pktgen.c:      /* Don't need rcu_barrier() due to use of kfree_rcu() */
> net/core/sysctl_net_core.c:
> kvfree_rcu(orig_sock_table);
> net/core/sysctl_net_core.c:                             kfree_rcu(cur);
> net/mac802154/scan.c:   kfree_rcu(request);
> net/mac802154/scan.c:   kfree_rcu(request);

rather old.  I'm not subscribed and haven't been following much.

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Updating to today's next:

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I get several instances:

$ git grep -P '\bkv?free_rcu\s*\(' -- '*.[ch]' | grep -v -P 'kv?free_rcu\s*\([^,]+,.*\)'
drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c:	kvfree_rcu(old_disk_conf);
drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c:	kvfree_rcu(old_net_conf);
drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c:		kvfree_rcu(old_disk_conf);
drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c:	kvfree_rcu(old_net_conf);
drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c:			kvfree_rcu(old_disk_conf);
drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c:		kvfree_rcu(old_conf);
drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:		kfree_rcu(container_of(dev->port_data, struct ib_port_data_rcu,
drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c:	 * kfree_rcu(). However the object may still have been released and
drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c:	kfree_rcu(mr);
drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:		kvfree_rcu(notifier);
drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_event.c:	kvfree_rcu(s);
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc/int_port.c:	kfree_rcu(int_port);
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c:	kfree_rcu(tx_sa);
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c:	kfree_rcu(rx_sc);
drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c:			 * callbacks to complete post kfree_rcu(), before allowing
fs/ext4/super.c:				kfree_rcu(qname);
include/linux/rcupdate.h: *     kvfree_rcu(ptr);
include/linux/rcupdate.h:#define kvfree_rcu(...) KVFREE_GET_MACRO(__VA_ARGS__,		\
include/linux/rcutiny.h:	// kvfree_rcu(one_arg) call.
include/rdma/ib_verbs.h:	struct rcu_head		rcu;		/* kfree_rcu() overhead */
include/scsi/scsi_device.h: * @rcu: For kfree_rcu().
kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c:		pr_alert("CONFIG_RCU_LAZY is disabled, falling back to kfree_rcu() for delayed RCU kfree'ing\n");
kernel/rcu/tree.c: * struct kvfree_rcu_bulk_data - single block to store kvfree_rcu() pointers
kernel/rcu/tree.c: * @records: Array of the kvfree_rcu() pointers
kernel/rcu/tree.c: * struct kfree_rcu_cpu_work - single batch of kfree_rcu() requests
kernel/rcu/tree.c: * @head_free: List of kfree_rcu() objects waiting for a grace period
kernel/rcu/tree.c: * @bulk_head_free: Bulk-List of kvfree_rcu() objects waiting for a grace period
kernel/rcu/tree.c: * struct kfree_rcu_cpu - batch up kfree_rcu() requests for RCU grace period
kernel/rcu/tree.c: * @head: List of kfree_rcu() objects not yet waiting for a grace period
kernel/rcu/tree.c: * @bulk_head: Bulk-List of kvfree_rcu() objects not yet waiting for a grace period
kernel/rcu/tree.c: * @krw_arr: Array of batches of kfree_rcu() objects waiting for a grace period
kernel/rcu/tree.c:	 * double-argument of kvfree_rcu().  This happens when the
kernel/rcu/tree.c: * reduce the number of grace periods during heavy kfree_rcu()/kvfree_rcu() load.
kernel/rcu/tree.c:		// Probable double kfree_rcu(), just leak.
kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c:	kvfree_rcu(inst);
kernel/trace/trace_probe.c:	kvfree_rcu(link);
net/core/pktgen.c:	/* Don't need rcu_barrier() due to use of kfree_rcu() */
net/core/sysctl_net_core.c:				kvfree_rcu(orig_sock_table);
net/core/sysctl_net_core.c:				kfree_rcu(cur);