It is safe to use RCU_INIT_POINTER() to NULL, instead of rcu_assign_pointer(). This results in slightly smaller/faster code.
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Falak R Wani <[email protected]> --- block/partition-generic.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/partition-generic.c b/block/partition-generic.c index 2c6ae2a..e5219d5 100644 --- a/block/partition-generic.c +++ b/block/partition-generic.c @@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ void delete_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno) if (!part) return; - rcu_assign_pointer(ptbl->part[partno], NULL); - rcu_assign_pointer(ptbl->last_lookup, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(ptbl->part[partno], NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(ptbl->last_lookup, NULL); kobject_put(part->holder_dir); device_del(part_to_dev(part)); -- 1.9.1
