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....@gmail.com> --- kernel/events/callchain.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/events/callchain.c b/kernel/events/callchain.c index 97b67df..f2a88de 100644 --- a/kernel/events/callchain.c +++ b/kernel/events/callchain.c @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static void release_callchain_buffers(void) struct callchain_cpus_entries *entries; entries = callchain_cpus_entries; - rcu_assign_pointer(callchain_cpus_entries, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(callchain_cpus_entries, NULL); call_rcu(&entries->rcu_head, release_callchain_buffers_rcu); } -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/