From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751809AbaHRMct (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2014 08:32:49 -0400 Received: from mail-lb0-f170.google.com ([209.85.217.170]:41346 "EHLO mail-lb0-f170.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751753AbaHRMcs (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2014 08:32:48 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:32:34 +0300 From: Andreea-Cristina Bernat To: infinipath@intel.com, roland@kernel.org, sean.hefty@intel.com, hal.rosenstock@gmail.com, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: [PATCH] qib_keys: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER() Message-ID: <20140818123214.GA8174@ada> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The uses of "rcu_assign_pointer()" are NULLing out the pointers. 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 --- 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; -- 1.9.1