RE: [PATCH] drivers/net/wireless: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c

2014-03-30 Thread Grumbach, Emmanuel
> > 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.

[PATCH] drivers/net/wireless: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in iwlwifi/mvm/sta.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, r