Re: [PATCH] vfs: use RCU_INIT_POINTER when NULLing

2016-05-01 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 01:39:12AM +0530, Muhammad Falak R Wani wrote: > It is always safe to use RCU_INIT_POINTER to NULL a pointer. This > results in slightly smaller/faster code. Just fix rcu_assign_pointer to do the right thing for a NULL argument instead.

[PATCH] vfs: use RCU_INIT_POINTER when NULLing

2016-04-30 Thread Muhammad Falak R Wani
It is always safe to use RCU_INIT_POINTER to NULL a pointer. This results in slightly smaller/faster code. The following semantic patch used: @@ @@ - rcu_assign_pointer + RCU_INIT_POINTER (..., NULL) Signed-off-by: Muhammad Falak R Wani --- fs/file.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertion