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* [PATCH] partition-generic: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()
@ 2014-08-22 12:58 Andreea-Cristina Bernat
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From: Andreea-Cristina Bernat @ 2014-08-22 12:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: axboe, linux-kernel; +Cc: paulmck

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 <bernat.ada@gmail.com>
---
 block/partition-generic.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/partition-generic.c b/block/partition-generic.c
index 789cdea..f1ef057 100644
--- a/block/partition-generic.c
+++ b/block/partition-generic.c
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ void delete_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno)
 	if (!part)
 		return;
 
-	rcu_assign_pointer(ptbl->part[partno], NULL);
-	rcu_assign_pointer(ptbl->last_lookup, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(ptbl->part[partno], NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(ptbl->last_lookup, NULL);
 	kobject_put(part->holder_dir);
 	device_del(part_to_dev(part));
 	blk_free_devt(part_devt(part));
-- 
1.9.1


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