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>
---
kernel/events/callchain.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/events/callchain.c b/kernel/events/callchain.c
index 97b67df..f2a88de 100644
--- a/kernel/events/callchain.c
+++ b/kernel/events/callchain.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static void release_callchain_buffers(void)
struct callchain_cpus_entries *entries;
entries = callchain_cpus_entries;
- rcu_assign_pointer(callchain_cpus_entries, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(callchain_cpus_entries, NULL);
call_rcu(&entries->rcu_head, release_callchain_buffers_rcu);
}
--
1.7.9.5
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