Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH v4 05/31] batman-adv: Drop immediate orig_node free function

On 05/01/16 19:06, Sven Eckelmann wrote:

+/**

• • batadv_tt_orig_list_entry_release - release tt orig entry from lists and
• • queue for free after rcu grace period
• • @orig_entry: tt orig entry to be free'd
• */

+static void +batadv_tt_orig_list_entry_release(struct batadv_tt_orig_list_entry *orig_entry) +{

• batadv_orig_node_free_ref(orig_entry->orig_node);
• kfree_rcu(orig_entry, rcu);

+}

I really like this approach big time :) Scheduling the rcu calls one after the other instead of nesting them (or even worse using the _now() function) seems really clean and - of course - not buggy.

thanks for these patches Sven!

Cheers,