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, rcu_assign_pointer(p, NULL) can be safely converted to RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, 
NULL)

Signed-off-by: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal...@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842.c b/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842.c
index 1e5481d..c4fcbf4 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842.c
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ static int __exit nx842_remove(struct vio_dev *viodev)
        old_devdata = rcu_dereference_check(devdata,
                        lockdep_is_held(&devdata_mutex));
        of_reconfig_notifier_unregister(&nx842_of_nb);
-       rcu_assign_pointer(devdata, NULL);
+       RCU_INIT_POINTER(devdata, NULL);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_mutex, flags);
        synchronize_rcu();
        dev_set_drvdata(&viodev->dev, NULL);
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ static void __exit nx842_exit(void)
        spin_lock_irqsave(&devdata_mutex, flags);
        old_devdata = rcu_dereference_check(devdata,
                        lockdep_is_held(&devdata_mutex));
-       rcu_assign_pointer(devdata, NULL);
+       RCU_INIT_POINTER(devdata, NULL);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_mutex, flags);
        synchronize_rcu();
        if (old_devdata)
-- 
1.7.9.5

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