Hi Rao, Thank you for the patch! Yet something to improve: [auto build test ERROR on rcu/rcu/next] [also build test ERROR on v4.16 next-20180329] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/rao-shoaib-oracle-com/Move-kfree_rcu-out-of-rcu-code-and-use-kfree_bulk/20180402-135939 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git rcu/next config: i386-tinyconfig (attached as .config) compiler: gcc-7 (Debian 7.3.0-1) 7.3.0 reproduce: # save the attached .config to linux build tree make ARCH=i386 All errors (new ones prefixed by >>): >> mm/slab_common.c:1531:6: error: redefinition of 'kfree_call_rcu' void kfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from include/linux/rcupdate.h:214:0, from include/linux/srcu.h:33, from include/linux/notifier.h:16, from include/linux/memory_hotplug.h:7, from include/linux/mmzone.h:775, from include/linux/gfp.h:6, from include/linux/slab.h:15, from mm/slab_common.c:7: include/linux/rcutiny.h:87:20: note: previous definition of 'kfree_call_rcu' was here static inline void kfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vim +/kfree_call_rcu +1531 mm/slab_common.c 1527 1528 /* 1529 * Queue Memory to be freed by RCU after a grace period. 1530 */ > 1531 void kfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, 1532 rcu_callback_t func) 1533 { 1534 call_rcu_lazy(head, func); 1535 } 1536 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kfree_call_rcu); 1537 --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all Intel Corporation