[PATCH] fs: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in file.c

From: Monam Agarwal
Date: Sun Mar 23 2014 - 14:44:39 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>
---
fs/file.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 60a45e9..f87f265 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ repeat:
/* Sanity check */
if (rcu_dereference_raw(fdt->fd[fd]) != NULL) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "alloc_fd: slot %d not NULL!\n", fd);
- rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(fdt->fd[fd], NULL);
}
#endif

@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd)
file = fdt->fd[fd];
if (!file)
goto out_unlock;
- rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(fdt->fd[fd], NULL);
__clear_close_on_exec(fd, fdt);
__put_unused_fd(files, fd);
spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ void do_close_on_exec(struct files_struct *files)
file = fdt->fd[fd];
if (!file)
continue;
- rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(fdt->fd[fd], NULL);
__put_unused_fd(files, fd);
spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
filp_close(file, files);
--
1.7.9.5

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