[RFC PATCH 08/21] Revert "list: Use WRITE_ONCE() when initializing list_head structures"

From: Will Deacon
Date: Tue Mar 24 2020 - 11:37:25 EST


This reverts commit 2f073848c3cc8aff2655ab7c46d8c0de90cf4e50.

There is no need to use WRITE_ONCE() to initialise a non-RCU 'list_head'.

Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/list.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index c7331c259792..b86a3f9465d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
*/
static inline void INIT_LIST_HEAD(struct list_head *list)
{
- WRITE_ONCE(list->next, list);
+ list->next = list;
list->prev = list;
}

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2.20.1