Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:31:48 +0200 | From | Joerg Roedel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] iommu: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER() |
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On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 03:20:56PM +0300, Andreea-Cristina Bernat wrote: > 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>
Applied, thanks.
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