Andi wrote:
> That is why call_rcu.et.al. is a better interface if you want performance.
> It runs the freeing batched in the background.
True.
In this case, my free'ing code is non-trivial, and my performance
requirements very minimal. So I'll take the easier synchronize_rcu()
over the asynchronous call_rcu().
But, yes, that's the tradeoff.
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