[PATCH] net/mac80211: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in cfg.c

2014-03-23 Thread Monam Agarwal
This patch replaces rcu_assign_pointer(x, NULL) with RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) The rcu_assign_pointer() ensures that the initialization of a structure is carried out before storing a pointer to that structure. And in the case of the NULL pointer, there is no structure to initialize. So,

[PATCH] net/mac80211: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in cfg.c

2014-03-23 Thread Monam Agarwal
This patch replaces rcu_assign_pointer(x, NULL) with RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) The rcu_assign_pointer() ensures that the initialization of a structure is carried out before storing a pointer to that structure. And in the case of the NULL pointer, there is no structure to initialize. So,