The uses of "rcu_assign_pointer()" are NULLing out the pointers.
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 <bernat....@gmail.com>
---
drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c
b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c
index 7fcc150..17daf42 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ static void remove_qp(struct qib_ibdev *dev, struct
qib_qp *qp)
if (rcu_dereference_protected(ibp->qp0,
lockdep_is_held(&dev->qpt_lock)) == qp) {
- rcu_assign_pointer(ibp->qp0, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(ibp->qp0, NULL);
} else if (rcu_dereference_protected(ibp->qp1,
lockdep_is_held(&dev->qpt_lock)) == qp) {
- rcu_assign_pointer(ibp->qp1, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(ibp->qp1, NULL);
} else {
struct qib_qp *q;
struct qib_qp __rcu **qpp;
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ unsigned qib_free_all_qps(struct qib_devdata *dd)
for (n = 0; n < dev->qp_table_size; n++) {
qp = rcu_dereference_protected(dev->qp_table[n],
lockdep_is_held(&dev->qpt_lock));
- rcu_assign_pointer(dev->qp_table[n], NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->qp_table[n], NULL);
for (; qp; qp = rcu_dereference_protected(qp->next,
lockdep_is_held(&dev->qpt_lock)))
--
1.9.1
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