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Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 07:49:17 +0000 From: "Grumbach, Emmanuel" <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com> To: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@...il.com>, "Berg, Johannes" <johannes.berg@...el.com>, "ilw@...ux.intel.com" <ilw@...ux.intel.com>, "linville@...driver.com" <linville@...driver.com>, "eliad@...ery.com" <eliad@...ery.com>, "Lifshitz, Eytan" <eytan.lifshitz@...el.com>, "eyal@...ery.com" <eyal@...ery.com>, "Stepanov, Max" <Max.Stepanov@...el.com>, "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: RE: [PATCH] drivers/net/wireless: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in iwlwifi/mvm/sta.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> > --- > drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c | 8 ++++---- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > Applied - with small change in commit log. Thank you for your contribution. -- 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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