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 <[email protected]> --- kernel/events/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 0d735be..4b84dd5 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -5744,7 +5744,7 @@ static void swevent_hlist_release(struct swevent_htable *swhash) if (!hlist) return; - rcu_assign_pointer(swhash->swevent_hlist, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(swhash->swevent_hlist, NULL); kfree_rcu(hlist, rcu_head); } -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
