From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7ABBC433E0 for ; Thu, 28 May 2020 01:21:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF2832078C for ; Thu, 28 May 2020 01:21:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726748AbgE1BVT (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 May 2020 21:21:19 -0400 Received: from mail1.windriver.com ([147.11.146.13]:61547 "EHLO mail1.windriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725294AbgE1BVS (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 May 2020 21:21:18 -0400 Received: from ALA-HCB.corp.ad.wrs.com (ala-hcb.corp.ad.wrs.com [147.11.189.41]) by mail1.windriver.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 04S1LAuu028077 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Wed, 27 May 2020 18:21:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pek-lpg-core1-vm1.wrs.com (128.224.156.106) by ALA-HCB.corp.ad.wrs.com (147.11.189.41) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.3.487.0; Wed, 27 May 2020 18:20:55 -0700 From: To: CC: , , Subject: [PATCH v5] workqueue: Remove unnecessary kfree() call in rcu_free_wq() Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 09:29:41 +0800 Message-ID: <20200528012941.39263-1-qiang.zhang@windriver.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.24.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Zhang Qiang The data structure member "wq->rescuer" was reset to a null pointer in one if branch. It was passed to a call of the function "kfree" in the callback function "rcu_free_wq" (which was eventually executed). The function "kfree" does not perform more meaningful data processing for a passed null pointer (besides immediately returning from such a call). Thus delete this function call which became unnecessary with the referenced software update. Fixes: def98c84b6cd ("workqueue: Fix spurious sanity check failures in destroy_workqueue()") Co-developed-by: Markus Elfring Signed-off-by: Zhang Qiang --- v1->v2->v3->v4->v5: Modify weakly submitted information. kernel/workqueue.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index 891ccad5f271..a2451cdcd503 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -3491,7 +3491,6 @@ static void rcu_free_wq(struct rcu_head *rcu) else free_workqueue_attrs(wq->unbound_attrs); - kfree(wq->rescuer); kfree(wq); } -- 2.24.1