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Subject[PATCH] nvme: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()
The use of "rcu_assign_pointer()" is NULLing out the pointer.
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)

Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com>
---
drivers/block/nvme-core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
index 02351e2..cb25bdd 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ static void nvme_free_queues(struct nvme_dev *dev, int lowest)

for (i = dev->queue_count - 1; i >= lowest; i--) {
struct nvme_queue *nvmeq = raw_nvmeq(dev, i);
- rcu_assign_pointer(dev->queues[i], NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->queues[i], NULL);
call_rcu(&nvmeq->r_head, nvme_free_queue);
dev->queue_count--;
}
--
1.9.1


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