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SubjectRe: [PATCH] drivers/net: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in tun.c
On 03/24/2014 01:25 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-03-24 at 07:09 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>
>> Seems an incredibly strict requirement for something that just
>> silences a warning.
>> What exactly should I test?
>> I intended to just verify this produces same code as before
>> d322f45ceed525daa under a recent gcc.
>
> Thats because many rcu_assign_pointer(X, NULL) were already converted to
> RCU_INIT_POINTER(X, NULL)
>
> Quite frankly I don't know why you bother at all.
>
> Adding back the lazy test in rcu_assign_pointer() doesn't help to make
> the API cleaner and easier to understand.
>
> People are usually using RCU API without really understanding
> all the issues. They tend to add superfluous barriers because they feel
> better.
>
> Having separate RCU_INIT_POINTER() and rcu_assign_pointer() serve as
> better documentation of the code, I find it more easier to immediately
> check what is going on while reviewing stuff.
>
> Presumably, checkpatch.pl could be augmented to suggest to use
> RCU_INIT_POINTER(X, NULL) instead of rcu_assign_pointer(X, NULL)


I prefer rcu_assign_pointer(X, NULL) than RCU_INIT_POINTER(X, NULL),
NULL should not be a special pointer value to the users of RCU.

the RCU implements should hide the difference if RCU implements
differentiate the values for optimization.

RCU_INIT_POINTER() sounds as an initialization-stage API. If we need
something different for NULL pointer, I prefer
rcu_assign_*null*_pointer().

rcu_assign_pointer(X, NULL) implies compiler barrier(), but
RCU_INIT_POINTER(X, NULL) doesn't.

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