linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: partition: use RCU_INIT

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Date:	Thu, 5 May 2016 11:31:19 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@...il.com>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: partition: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() for NULLing.

On Thu, May 05, 2016 at 11:24:06PM +0530, Muhammad Falak R Wani wrote:
> It is safe to use RCU_INIT_POINTER() to NULL, instead of
> rcu_assign_pointer().
> This results in slightly smaller/faster code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@...il.com>

Muhammad,

please stop sending these patches.  They make the code less reusbale,
and we (or rather Paul) are working on making rcu_assign_pointer do
the right thing.