The use of "rcu_assign_pointer()" is NULLing out the pointer. According to RCU_INIT_POINTER()'s block comment: "1. This use of RCU_INIT_POINTER() is NULLing out the pointer" it is better to use it instead of rcu_assign_pointer() because it has a smaller overhead.
The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used: @@ @@ - rcu_assign_pointer + RCU_INIT_POINTER (..., NULL) Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <[email protected]> --- drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c index a5d8aae..73bc23f 100644 --- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c +++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c @@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ static int w_after_conn_state_ch(struct drbd_work *w, int unused) old_conf = connection->net_conf; connection->my_addr_len = 0; connection->peer_addr_len = 0; - rcu_assign_pointer(connection->net_conf, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(connection->net_conf, NULL); conn_free_crypto(connection); mutex_unlock(&connection->resource->conf_update); -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
