linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/20] drivers/block: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in drbd/drbd

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Date:	Tue,  1 Jul 2014 18:16:41 +0200
From:	Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@...bit.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:	drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com
Subject: [PATCH 11/20] drivers/block: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in drbd/drbd_state.c

From: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@...il.com>

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>
Signed-off-by: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@...bit.com>
---
 drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
index a7772e2..4a75b7a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ static int w_after_conn_state_ch(struct drbd_work *w, int unused)
 		old_conf = connection->net_conf;
 		connection->my_addr_len = 0;
 		connection->peer_addr_len = 0;
-		rcu_assign_pointer(connection->net_conf, NULL);
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(connection->net_conf, NULL);
 		conn_free_crypto(connection);
 		mutex_unlock(&connection->resource->conf_update);
 
-- 
1.9.1

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