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Subject[PATCH] drivers/infiniband: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in hw/qib/qib_keys.c
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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@gmail.com>
---
drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_keys.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_keys.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_keys.c
index 3b9afcc..ad843c7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_keys.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_keys.c
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ void qib_free_lkey(struct qib_mregion *mr)
if (!mr->lkey_published)
goto out;
if (lkey == 0)
- rcu_assign_pointer(dev->dma_mr, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->dma_mr, NULL);
else {
r = lkey >> (32 - ib_qib_lkey_table_size);
- rcu_assign_pointer(rkt->table[r], NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(rkt->table[r], NULL);
}
qib_put_mr(mr);
mr->lkey_published = 0;
--
1.7.9.5


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