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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-03-10 14:26:00 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-03-10 14:26:00 -0800
commit33175d84ee3fa29991adb80513683e010769e807 (patch)
tree3731f61cf82451b6892cf1368701e57e35d92908 /kernel/sysctl.c
parentc5908939b2738bafe1b309bc2465cb9f2e6184c5 (diff)
parent6dfbd87a20a737641ef228230c77f4262434fa24 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sysctl.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 0f1bd83db98..4eed0af5d14 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ static int sysrq_sysctl_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
static struct ctl_table root_table[];
static struct ctl_table_root sysctl_table_root;
static struct ctl_table_header root_table_header = {
- .count = 1,
+ {{.count = 1,
.ctl_table = root_table,
- .ctl_entry = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysctl_table_root.default_set.list),
+ .ctl_entry = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysctl_table_root.default_set.list),}},
.root = &sysctl_table_root,
.set = &sysctl_table_root.default_set,
};
@@ -1567,11 +1567,16 @@ 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)
- kfree(head);
+ call_rcu(&head->rcu, free_head);
spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
}
@@ -1948,10 +1953,10 @@ void unregister_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header * header)
start_unregistering(header);
if (!--header->parent->count) {
WARN_ON(1);
- kfree(header->parent);
+ call_rcu(&header->parent->rcu, free_head);
}
if (!--header->count)
- kfree(header);
+ call_rcu(&header->rcu, free_head);
spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
}