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> --- kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c index 759d5e0..4dc8b79 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c @@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ static void unreg_event_syscall_enter(struct ftrace_event_file *file, return; mutex_lock(&syscall_trace_lock); tr->sys_refcount_enter--; - rcu_assign_pointer(tr->enter_syscall_files[num], NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(tr->enter_syscall_files[num], NULL); if (!tr->sys_refcount_enter) unregister_trace_sys_enter(ftrace_syscall_enter, tr); mutex_unlock(&syscall_trace_lock); @@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static void unreg_event_syscall_exit(struct ftrace_event_file *file, return; mutex_lock(&syscall_trace_lock); tr->sys_refcount_exit--; - rcu_assign_pointer(tr->exit_syscall_files[num], NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(tr->exit_syscall_files[num], NULL); if (!tr->sys_refcount_exit) unregister_trace_sys_exit(ftrace_syscall_exit, tr); mutex_unlock(&syscall_trace_lock); -- 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/