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

2014-08-22 Thread Nicholas A. Bellinger
Hi Andreea-Cristina, On Mon, 2014-08-18 at 15:05 +0300, Andreea-Cristina Bernat wrote: > 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 inst

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

2014-08-18 Thread Andreea-Cristina Bernat
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 semanti