Re: [PATCH] kernel: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in tracepoint.c

- Original Message - > From: "Monam Agarwal" > To: "mathieu desnoyers" , > rost...@goodmis.org, "keun-o park" > , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 3:09:08 PM > Subject: [PATCH] kernel: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x

[PATCH] kernel: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in tracepoint.c

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