Re: [PATCH] block: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in blk-ioc.c

On 2014-03-22 13:29, Monam Agarwal wrote: This patch replaces rcu_assign_pointer(x, NULL) with RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) The rcu_assign_pointer() ensures that the initialization of a structure is carried out before storing a pointer to that structure. And in the case of the NULL pointer, there i

[PATCH] block: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in blk-ioc.c

This patch replaces rcu_assign_pointer(x, NULL) with RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) The rcu_assign_pointer() ensures that the initialization of a structure is carried out before storing a pointer to that structure. And in the case of the NULL pointer, there is no structure to initialize. So, rcu_assi