According to RCU_INIT_POINTER()'s block comment 3.a, it can be used if "3. The referenced data structure has already been exposed to readers either at compile time or via rcu_assign_pointer() -and- a. You have not made -any- reader-visible changes to this structure since then".
This case fulfills the conditions above because between the rcu_dereference_protected() call and the rcu_assign_pointer() call there is no update of that value. Therefore, this patch makes the replacement. The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used: @@ @@ - rcu_assign_pointer + RCU_INIT_POINTER (..., ( rtnl_dereference(...) | rcu_dereference_protected(...) ) ) Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <[email protected]> --- drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c index 17daf42..cb0c680 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static void remove_qp(struct qib_ibdev *dev, struct qib_qp *qp) lockdep_is_held(&dev->qpt_lock))) != NULL; qpp = &q->next) if (q == qp) { - rcu_assign_pointer(*qpp, + RCU_INIT_POINTER(*qpp, rcu_dereference_protected(qp->next, lockdep_is_held(&dev->qpt_lock))); removed = 1; -- 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/
