Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v2 31/47] mbcache: dynamically allocate the mbcache shrinker

2023-07-26 Thread Muchun Song
> On Jul 24, 2023, at 17:43, Qi Zheng wrote: > > In preparation for implementing lockless slab shrink, use new APIs to > dynamically allocate the mbcache shrinker, so that it can be freed > asynchronously using kfree_rcu(). Then it doesn't need to wait for RCU > read-side critical section when

[dm-devel] [PATCH v2 31/47] mbcache: dynamically allocate the mbcache shrinker

2023-07-24 Thread Qi Zheng
In preparation for implementing lockless slab shrink, use new APIs to dynamically allocate the mbcache shrinker, so that it can be freed asynchronously using kfree_rcu(). Then it doesn't need to wait for RCU read-side critical section when releasing the struct mb_cache. Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng --