RE: [PATCH] drivers/net/wireless: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c

[Grumbach, Emmanuel]

> 
> 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/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c |    8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 

Applied - with small change in commit log.
Thank you for your contribution.

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