Re: [PATCH] libfs: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()

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Re: [PATCH] libfs: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()

On Mon, 2014-08-18 at 17:56 +0300, Andreea-Cristina Bernat wrote: > 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_p

[PATCH] libfs: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()

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 sema