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

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

diff --git a/net/mac80211/chan.c b/net/mac80211/chan.c
index bd1fd8e..b297bd3 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/chan.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/chan.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static void ieee80211_unassign_vif_chanctx(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
lockdep_assert_held(&local->chanctx_mtx);

ctx->refcount--;
- rcu_assign_pointer(sdata->vif.chanctx_conf, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(sdata->vif.chanctx_conf, NULL);

sdata->vif.bss_conf.idle = true;

--
1.7.9.5

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