netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/9] rcu: Replace rcu_assign_pointer(x, NULL) with RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3

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Date:	Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:29:06 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	eddie.wai@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] rcu: Replace rcu_assign_pointer(x, NULL) with
 RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in
 drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 04:12:16AM +0530, Monam Agarwal wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c
> index da5a5d9..a7ec886 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c
> @@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ int cxgb3_offload_activate(struct adapter *adapter)
> 
>  out_free_l2t:
>  	t3_free_l2t(L2DATA(dev));
> -	rcu_assign_pointer(dev->l2opt, NULL);
> +	RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->l2opt, NULL);
>  out_free:
>  	kfree(t);
>  	return err;
> @@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ void cxgb3_offload_deactivate(struct adapter *adapter)
>  	rcu_read_lock();
>  	d = L2DATA(tdev);
>  	rcu_read_unlock();
> -	rcu_assign_pointer(tdev->l2opt, NULL);
> +	RCU_INIT_POINTER(tdev->l2opt, NULL);
>  	call_rcu(&d->rcu_head, clean_l2_data);
>  	if (t->nofail_skb)
>  		kfree_skb(t->nofail_skb);
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 

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