netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/2] vxlan: avoid using stale vxlan socket.

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Date:   Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:02:19 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@....org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] vxlan: avoid using stale vxlan socket.

On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 11:51:55 -0700
Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@....org> wrote:

> -	vxlan->vn4_sock = NULL;
> +	rcu_assign_pointer(vxlan->vn4_sock, NULL);
>  #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
> -	vxlan->vn6_sock = NULL;
> +	rcu_assign_pointer(vxlan->vn6_sock, NULL);
>  	if (ipv6 || metadata)

User RCU_INIT_POINTER when setting pointer to NULL.
It avoids unnecessary barrier.