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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcu/tree.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcu/tree.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index d643fd8327b6..b043af7b0212 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -3355,9 +3355,11 @@ static void kfree_rcu_work(struct work_struct *work) } /* - * Emergency case only. It can happen under low memory - * condition when an allocation gets failed, so the "bulk" - * path can not be temporary maintained. + * This is used when the "bulk" path can not be used for the + * double-argument of kvfree_rcu(). This happens when the + * page-cache is empty, which means that objects are instead + * queued on a linked list through their rcu_head structures. + * This list is named "Channel 3". */ for (; head; head = next) { unsigned long offset = (unsigned long)head->func; @@ -3403,8 +3405,8 @@ static inline bool queue_kfree_rcu_work(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp) if ((krcp->bkvhead[0] && !krwp->bkvhead_free[0]) || (krcp->bkvhead[1] && !krwp->bkvhead_free[1]) || (krcp->head && !krwp->head_free)) { - // Channel 1 corresponds to SLAB ptrs. - // Channel 2 corresponds to vmalloc ptrs. + // Channel 1 corresponds to the SLAB-pointer bulk path. + // Channel 2 corresponds to vmalloc-pointer bulk path. for (j = 0; j < FREE_N_CHANNELS; j++) { if (!krwp->bkvhead_free[j]) { krwp->bkvhead_free[j] = krcp->bkvhead[j]; @@ -3412,7 +3414,8 @@ static inline bool queue_kfree_rcu_work(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp) } } - // Channel 3 corresponds to emergency path. + // Channel 3 corresponds to both SLAB and vmalloc + // objects queued on the linked list. if (!krwp->head_free) { krwp->head_free = krcp->head; krcp->head = NULL; |