[PATCH] net/mac80211: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in cfg.c

From: Monam Agarwal
Date: Sun Mar 23 2014 - 15:14:58 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>
---
net/mac80211/cfg.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 1acb291..e92aeea 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ static int ieee80211_change_station(struct wiphy *wiphy,

if (sta->sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN &&
sta->sdata->u.vlan.sta) {
- rcu_assign_pointer(sta->sdata->u.vlan.sta, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(sta->sdata->u.vlan.sta, NULL);
prev_4addr = true;
}

--
1.7.9.5

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/