[PATCH] drivers/md: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in dm.c

From: Monam Agarwal
Date: Sun Mar 23 2014 - 14:29:38 EST


This patch replaces rcu_assign_pointer(x, NULL) with RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL)

The rcu_assign_pointer() ensures that the initialization of a structure
is carried out before storing a pointer to that structure.
And in the case of the NULL pointer, there is no structure to initialize.
So, rcu_assign_pointer(p, NULL) can be safely converted to RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, NULL)

Signed-off-by: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/dm.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 8c53b09..804412a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -2172,7 +2172,7 @@ static struct dm_table *__unbind(struct mapped_device *md)
return NULL;

dm_table_event_callback(map, NULL, NULL);
- rcu_assign_pointer(md->map, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(md->map, NULL);
dm_sync_table(md);

return map;
--
1.7.9.5

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