linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in proc/inode.c

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Date:	Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:15:39 +0530
From:	Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@...il.com>
To:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	d.hatayama@...fujitsu.com, dhowells@...hat.com, JBeulich@...e.com,
	adobriyan@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fs: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in proc/inode.c

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@...il.com>
---
 fs/proc/inode.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 124fc43..28c21d9 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void proc_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		pde_put(de);
 	head = PROC_I(inode)->sysctl;
 	if (head) {
-		rcu_assign_pointer(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl, NULL);
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl, NULL);
 		sysctl_head_put(head);
 	}
 	/* Release any associated namespace */
-- 
1.7.9.5

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