* [PATCH] net/mac80211: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in ibss.c
@ 2014-03-23 19:17 Monam Agarwal
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From: Monam Agarwal @ 2014-03-23 19:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linville, johannes, davem, linux-wireless, netdev, linux-kernel
This patch replaces rcu_assign_pointer(x, NULL) with RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL)
The rcu_assign_pointer() ensures that the initialization of a structure
is carried out before storing a pointer to that structure.
And in the case of the NULL pointer, there is no structure to initialize.
So, rcu_assign_pointer(p, NULL) can be safely converted to RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, NULL)
Signed-off-by: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@gmail.com>
---
net/mac80211/ibss.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
index e458ca0..cb262c4 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static void __ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
presp = rcu_dereference_protected(ifibss->presp,
lockdep_is_held(&sdata->wdev.mtx));
- rcu_assign_pointer(ifibss->presp, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(ifibss->presp, NULL);
if (presp)
kfree_rcu(presp, rcu_head);
--
1.7.9.5
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