netdev - [PATCH] net/mac80211: Use RCU_INIT

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Date:	Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:50:22 +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 scan.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/scan.c |   10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/scan.c b/net/mac80211/scan.c
index 836f500..f9f078b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/scan.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/scan.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static void __ieee80211_scan_completed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, bool aborted)
 	if (local->scan_req != local->int_scan_req)
 		cfg80211_scan_done(local->scan_req, aborted);
 	local->scan_req = NULL;
-	rcu_assign_pointer(local->scan_sdata, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->scan_sdata, NULL);
 
 	local->scanning = 0;
 	local->scan_chandef.chan = NULL;
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ static int __ieee80211_start_scan(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		ieee80211_recalc_idle(local);
 
 		local->scan_req = NULL;
-		rcu_assign_pointer(local->scan_sdata, NULL);
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->scan_sdata, NULL);
 	}
 
 	return rc;
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ void ieee80211_scan_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		int rc;
 
 		local->scan_req = NULL;
-		rcu_assign_pointer(local->scan_sdata, NULL);
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->scan_sdata, NULL);
 
 		rc = __ieee80211_start_scan(sdata, req);
 		if (rc) {
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ out_free:
 
 	if (ret) {
 		/* Clean in case of failure after HW restart or upon resume. */
-		rcu_assign_pointer(local->sched_scan_sdata, NULL);
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->sched_scan_sdata, NULL);
 		local->sched_scan_req = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ void ieee80211_sched_scan_stopped_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	rcu_assign_pointer(local->sched_scan_sdata, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->sched_scan_sdata, NULL);
 
 	/* If sched scan was aborted by the driver. */
 	local->sched_scan_req = NULL;
-- 
1.7.9.5

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