netdev - [PATCH] br_multicast: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT

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Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:06:09 +0300
From:	Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@...il.com>
To:	stephen@...workplumber.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH] br_multicast: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with
 RCU_INIT_POINTER()

The use of "rcu_assign_pointer()" is NULLing out the pointer.
According to RCU_INIT_POINTER()'s block comment:
"1.   This use of RCU_INIT_POINTER() is NULLing out the pointer"
it is better to use it instead of rcu_assign_pointer() because it has a
smaller overhead.

The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used:
@@
@@

- rcu_assign_pointer
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER
  (..., NULL)

Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@...il.com>
---
 net/bridge/br_multicast.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
index abfa0b65..9b64383 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ static void br_multicast_query_expired(struct net_bridge *br,
 	if (query->startup_sent < br->multicast_startup_query_count)
 		query->startup_sent++;
 
-	rcu_assign_pointer(querier, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(querier, NULL);
 	br_multicast_send_query(br, NULL, query);
 	spin_unlock(&br->multicast_lock);
 }
-- 
1.9.1

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