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/sched/fair.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index fea7d33..7d4f743 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ void task_numa_free(struct task_struct *p)
list_del(&p->numa_entry);
grp->nr_tasks--;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&grp->lock, flags);
- rcu_assign_pointer(p->numa_group, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(p->numa_group, NULL);
put_numa_group(grp);
}
--
1.9.1
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