Il 18/08/2014 17:01, Andreea-Cristina Bernat ha scritto:
> The uses of "rcu_assign_pointer()" are NULLing out the pointers.
> 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....@gmail.com>
> ---
> virt/kvm/eventfd.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
> index 20c3af7..a49130f 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
> @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static void irqfd_update(struct kvm *kvm, struct _irqfd
> *irqfd,
> struct kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry *e;
>
> if (irqfd->gsi >= irq_rt->nr_rt_entries) {
> - rcu_assign_pointer(irqfd->irq_entry, NULL);
> + RCU_INIT_POINTER(irqfd->irq_entry, NULL);
> return;
> }
>
> @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static void irqfd_update(struct kvm *kvm, struct _irqfd
> *irqfd,
> if (e->type == KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI)
> rcu_assign_pointer(irqfd->irq_entry, e);
> else
> - rcu_assign_pointer(irqfd->irq_entry, NULL);
> + RCU_INIT_POINTER(irqfd->irq_entry, NULL);
> }
> }
>
> @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ kvm_irqfd_deassign(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd
> *args)
> * It is paired with synchronize_srcu done by caller
> * of that function.
> */
> - rcu_assign_pointer(irqfd->irq_entry, NULL);
> + RCU_INIT_POINTER(irqfd->irq_entry, NULL);
> irqfd_deactivate(irqfd);
> }
> }
>
Hi, this patch actually had been submitted already last March. It
slipped through the cracks. I'm now applying both of Monam Agarwal's
RCU_INIT_POINTER patches. Sorry. :)
Thanks,
Paolo
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