[PATCH] net/mac80211: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in util.c

From: Monam Agarwal
Date: Sun Mar 23 2014 - 15:22:55 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>
---
net/mac80211/util.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index 275c94f..7601657 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ int ieee80211_reconfig(struct ieee80211_local *local)
WARN_ON(local->resuming);
res = drv_add_interface(local, sdata);
if (WARN_ON(res)) {
- rcu_assign_pointer(local->monitor_sdata, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->monitor_sdata, NULL);
synchronize_net();
kfree(sdata);
}
--
1.7.9.5

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