Re: [PATCH 2/2] bonding: 3ad: use RCU_INIT_POINTER for rcu pointer initialization

[Eric Dumazet]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 10:33 AM Hangbin Liu <hangbin.liu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Use RCU_INIT_POINTER() for initializing port->aggregator to NULL.
>
> Fixes: c4f050ce06c5 ("bonding: 3ad: implement proper RCU rules for port->aggregator")
> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
> index 196830fca4a4..c4dfcafcff26 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
> @@ -2075,7 +2075,7 @@ static void ad_initialize_port(struct port *port, const struct bond_params *bond
>                 port->sm_mux_state = 0;
>                 port->sm_mux_timer_counter = 0;
>                 port->sm_tx_state = 0;
> -               port->aggregator = NULL;
> +               RCU_INIT_POINTER(port->aggregator, NULL);
>                 port->next_port_in_aggregator = NULL;
>                 port->transaction_id = 0;
>

This is a NOP really, the object is not visible yet.

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