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Subject[PATCH] kernel: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in tracepoint.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>
---
kernel/tracepoint.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c
index 031cc56..72dfa96 100644
--- a/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static void disable_tracepoint(struct tracepoint *elem)

if (static_key_enabled(&elem->key))
static_key_slow_dec(&elem->key);
- rcu_assign_pointer(elem->funcs, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(elem->funcs, NULL);
}

/**
--
1.7.9.5


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