[PATCH] br_multicast: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()

From: Andreea-Cristina Bernat
Date: Fri Aug 22 2014 - 09:06:25 EST


The use of "rcu_assign_pointer()" is NULLing out the pointer.
According to RCU_INIT_POINTER()'s block comment:
"1. This use of RCU_INIT_POINTER() is NULLing out the pointer"
it is better to use it instead of rcu_assign_pointer() because it has a
smaller overhead.

The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used:
@@
@@

- rcu_assign_pointer
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER
(..., NULL)

Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bridge/br_multicast.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
index abfa0b65..9b64383 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ static void br_multicast_query_expired(struct net_bridge *br,
if (query->startup_sent < br->multicast_startup_query_count)
query->startup_sent++;

- rcu_assign_pointer(querier, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(querier, NULL);
br_multicast_send_query(br, NULL, query);
spin_unlock(&br->multicast_lock);
}
--
1.9.1

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