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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for simple
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On 6/12/24 4:37 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> [PATCH 09/14] block: replace call_rcu by kfree_rcu for simple kmem_cache_free callback
> 	I don't see a kmem_cache_destroy(), but then again, I also don't
> 	see the kmem_cache_create().  Unless someone can see what I am
> 	not seeing, let's wait.

It's in that same file:

blk_ioc_init()

the cache itself never goes away, as the ioc code is not unloadable. So
I think the change there should be fine.

-- 
Jens Axboe