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> --- fs/afs/security.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/afs/security.c b/fs/afs/security.c index 8d01042..42f7cf3 100644 --- a/fs/afs/security.c +++ b/fs/afs/security.c @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void afs_clear_permits(struct afs_vnode *vnode) mutex_lock(&vnode->permits_lock); permits = vnode->permits; - rcu_assign_pointer(vnode->permits, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(vnode->permits, NULL); mutex_unlock(&vnode->permits_lock); if (permits) -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/