Re: [PATCH] staging/rdma/hfi1: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() when NULLing.

From: Doug Ledford
Date: Fri May 13 2016 - 15:38:39 EST


On 05/01/2016 08:35 AM, Muhammad Falak R Wani wrote:
> It is safe to use RCU_INIT_POINTER() to NULL a pointer, instead of
> rcu_assign_pointer().
> This results in slightly smaller/faster code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/init.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/init.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/init.c
> index cfcdc16..34e0f90 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/init.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/init.c
> @@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ static void cleanup_device_data(struct hfi1_devdata *dd)
>
> spin_lock(&ppd->cc_state_lock);
> cc_state = get_cc_state(ppd);
> - rcu_assign_pointer(ppd->cc_state, NULL);
> + RCU_INIT_POINTER(ppd->cc_state, NULL);
> spin_unlock(&ppd->cc_state_lock);
>
> if (cc_state)
>

Thanks, applied.

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