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Subject[PATCH 8/9] module: Switch to kvfree_rcu() API
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Instead of invoking a synchronize_rcu() to free a pointer
after a grace period we can directly make use of new API
that does the same but in more efficient way.

CC: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
---
kernel/module.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 84a9141a5e15..f404f0c9f385 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -4150,8 +4150,7 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
ddebug_cleanup:
ftrace_release_mod(mod);
dynamic_debug_remove(mod, info->debug);
- synchronize_rcu();
- kfree(mod->args);
+ kvfree_rcu(mod->args);
free_arch_cleanup:
cfi_cleanup(mod);
module_arch_cleanup(mod);
--
2.30.2
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