[PATCH] fs: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in afs/inode.c

From: Monam Agarwal
Date: Sun Mar 23 2014 - 14:41:53 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>
---
fs/afs/inode.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index ce25d75..7c09dfe 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ void afs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)

mutex_lock(&vnode->permits_lock);
permits = vnode->permits;
- rcu_assign_pointer(vnode->permits, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(vnode->permits, NULL);
mutex_unlock(&vnode->permits_lock);
if (permits)
call_rcu(&permits->rcu, afs_zap_permits);
--
1.7.9.5

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