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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:49:13 +0530 From: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@...il.com> To: linville@...driver.com, johannes@...solutions.net, davem@...emloft.net, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] net/mac80211: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in mesh.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> --- net/mac80211/mesh.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.c b/net/mac80211/mesh.c index f70e9cd..387f61c 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/mesh.c +++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.c @@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ void ieee80211_stop_mesh(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED); bcn = rcu_dereference_protected(ifmsh->beacon, lockdep_is_held(&sdata->wdev.mtx)); - rcu_assign_pointer(ifmsh->beacon, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(ifmsh->beacon, NULL); kfree_rcu(bcn, rcu_head); /* flush STAs and mpaths on this iface */ @@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ int ieee80211_mesh_finish_csa(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) /* Remove the CSA and MCSP elements from the beacon */ tmp_csa_settings = rcu_dereference(ifmsh->csa); - rcu_assign_pointer(ifmsh->csa, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(ifmsh->csa, NULL); if (tmp_csa_settings) kfree_rcu(tmp_csa_settings, rcu_head); ret = ieee80211_mesh_rebuild_beacon(sdata); @@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ int ieee80211_mesh_csa_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, ret = ieee80211_mesh_rebuild_beacon(sdata); if (ret) { tmp_csa_settings = rcu_dereference(ifmsh->csa); - rcu_assign_pointer(ifmsh->csa, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(ifmsh->csa, NULL); kfree_rcu(tmp_csa_settings, rcu_head); return ret; } -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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