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

From: Andreea-Cristina Bernat
Date: Mon Aug 18 2014 - 11:14:19 EST


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.ada@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 801332e..12b840c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -9029,7 +9029,7 @@ static void __exit vmx_exit(void)
free_page((unsigned long)vmx_vmread_bitmap);

#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
- rcu_assign_pointer(crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss, NULL);
synchronize_rcu();
#endif

--
1.9.1

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