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]> --- net/mac80211/scan.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/scan.c b/net/mac80211/scan.c index f40661e..6c69d09 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/scan.c +++ b/net/mac80211/scan.c @@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ int ieee80211_request_sched_scan_stop(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) if (rcu_access_pointer(local->sched_scan_sdata)) { ret = drv_sched_scan_stop(local, sdata); if (!ret) - rcu_assign_pointer(local->sched_scan_sdata, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->sched_scan_sdata, NULL); } out: mutex_unlock(&local->mtx); -- 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/
