netdev - RE: [PATCH] drivers/net/wireless: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c

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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.

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