Re: [PATCH] net/bridge: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in br_vlan.c

From: Monam Agarwal Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:41:13 +0530 > 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

[PATCH] net/bridge: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in br_vlan.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