[PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 2/4] bonding: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER() for better overhead and for sparse

[Paul E. McKenney]

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Although rcu_assign_pointer() can be used to assign a constant
NULL pointer, doing so gets you an unnecessary memory barrier and
in some circumstances, sparse warnings.  This commit therefore
changes the rcu_assign_pointer() of NULL in __bond_release_one() to
RCU_INIT_POINTER().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 4dd5ee2a34cc..a0b97c4c655d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ static int __bond_release_one(struct net_device *bond_dev,
 	}
 
 	if (all) {
-		rcu_assign_pointer(bond->curr_active_slave, NULL);
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(bond->curr_active_slave, NULL);
 	} else if (oldcurrent == slave) {
 		/*
 		 * Note that we hold RTNL over this sequence, so there
-- 
1.8.1.5

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