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* [PATCH] arch/powerpc: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c
@ 2014-03-22  6:50 Monam Agarwal
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From: Monam Agarwal @ 2014-03-22  6:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: arnd, benh, paulus, linuxppc-dev, cbe-oss-dev, linux-kernel

Here rcu_assign_pointer() is ensuring that the
initialization of a structure is carried out before storing a pointer
to that structure.
So, rcu_assign_pointer(p, NULL) can always safely be converted to
RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, NULL).

Signed-off-by: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@gmail.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c
index 3844f13..38e0a1a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_spu_syscalls);
 void unregister_spu_syscalls(struct spufs_calls *calls)
 {
 	BUG_ON(spufs_calls->owner != calls->owner);
-	rcu_assign_pointer(spufs_calls, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(spufs_calls, NULL);
 	synchronize_rcu();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_spu_syscalls);
-- 
1.7.9.5


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