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>
---
drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_sess.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_sess.c b/drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_sess.c
index 21ce508..ccee7e3 100644
--- a/drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_sess.c
+++ b/drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_sess.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void ft_tport_delete(struct ft_tport *tport)
ft_sess_delete_all(tport);
lport = tport->lport;
BUG_ON(tport != lport->prov[FC_TYPE_FCP]);
- rcu_assign_pointer(lport->prov[FC_TYPE_FCP], NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(lport->prov[FC_TYPE_FCP], NULL);
tpg = tport->tpg;
if (tpg) {
--
1.9.1
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