Merge branch 'fix/kconfig' into for-linus

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 4fc92445a29..11d65b531e5 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -938,6 +938,12 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 	},
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+	/*
+	 * User-space scripts rely on the existence of this file
+	 * as a feature check for perf_events being enabled.
+	 *
+	 * So it's an ABI, do not remove!
+	 */
 	{
 		.procname	= "perf_event_paranoid",
 		.data		= &sysctl_perf_event_paranoid,
@@ -1584,16 +1590,11 @@ void sysctl_head_get(struct ctl_table_header *head)
 	spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
 }
 
-static void free_head(struct rcu_head *rcu)
-{
-	kfree(container_of(rcu, struct ctl_table_header, rcu));
-}
-
 void sysctl_head_put(struct ctl_table_header *head)
 {
 	spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
 	if (!--head->count)
-		call_rcu(&head->rcu, free_head);
+		kfree_rcu(head, rcu);
 	spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
 }
 
@@ -1965,10 +1966,10 @@ void unregister_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header * header)
 	start_unregistering(header);
 	if (!--header->parent->count) {
 		WARN_ON(1);
-		call_rcu(&header->parent->rcu, free_head);
+		kfree_rcu(header->parent, rcu);
 	}
 	if (!--header->count)
-		call_rcu(&header->rcu, free_head);
+		kfree_rcu(header, rcu);
 	spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
 }