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Subject[PATCH 09/11] kernel: trace_syscalls: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()
From: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com>

The uses of "rcu_assign_pointer()" are NULLing out the pointers.
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)

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/p/20140822142822.GA32391@ada

Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 759d5e004517..4dc8b79c5f75 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ static void unreg_event_syscall_enter(struct ftrace_event_file *file,
return;
mutex_lock(&syscall_trace_lock);
tr->sys_refcount_enter--;
- rcu_assign_pointer(tr->enter_syscall_files[num], NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(tr->enter_syscall_files[num], NULL);
if (!tr->sys_refcount_enter)
unregister_trace_sys_enter(ftrace_syscall_enter, tr);
mutex_unlock(&syscall_trace_lock);
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static void unreg_event_syscall_exit(struct ftrace_event_file *file,
return;
mutex_lock(&syscall_trace_lock);
tr->sys_refcount_exit--;
- rcu_assign_pointer(tr->exit_syscall_files[num], NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(tr->exit_syscall_files[num], NULL);
if (!tr->sys_refcount_exit)
unregister_trace_sys_exit(ftrace_syscall_exit, tr);
mutex_unlock(&syscall_trace_lock);
--
2.0.1



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