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* [PATCH] net/openvswitch: Use with RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in vport-gre.c
@ 2014-03-23 19:22 Monam Agarwal
       [not found] ` <1395602563-15221-1-git-send-email-monamagarwal123-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Monam Agarwal @ 2014-03-23 19:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jesse-l0M0P4e3n4LQT0dZR+AlfA, davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q,
	dev-yBygre7rU0TnMu66kgdUjQ, netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA

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-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
---
 net/openvswitch/vport-gre.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-gre.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-gre.c
index a3d6951..a0da2dd 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-gre.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-gre.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static void gre_tnl_destroy(struct vport *vport)
 
 	ovs_net = net_generic(net, ovs_net_id);
 
-	rcu_assign_pointer(ovs_net->vport_net.gre_vport, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(ovs_net->vport_net.gre_vport, NULL);
 	ovs_vport_deferred_free(vport);
 	gre_exit();
 }
-- 
1.7.9.5

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* Re: [PATCH] net/openvswitch: Use with RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in vport-gre.c
       [not found] ` <1395602563-15221-1-git-send-email-monamagarwal123-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
@ 2014-03-28 22:12   ` Jesse Gross
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jesse Gross @ 2014-03-28 22:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Monam Agarwal
  Cc: dev-yBygre7rU0TnMu66kgdUjQ@public.gmane.org, netdev, David Miller,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List

On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Monam Agarwal
<monamagarwal123-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

Applied.

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