[PATCH] drivers/infiniband: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c

From: Monam Agarwal
Date: Sun Mar 23 2014 - 14:26:43 EST


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, rcu_assign_pointer(p, NULL) can be safely converted to RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, NULL)

Signed-off-by: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index 5786a78..64cd5b5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ static void ipoib_flush_neighs(struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv)
}

free_htbl:
- rcu_assign_pointer(ntbl->htbl, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(ntbl->htbl, NULL);
call_rcu(&htbl->rcu, neigh_hash_free_rcu);

out_unlock:
--
1.7.9.5

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