vmx: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()
PATCH 1/1 vmx: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()
The use of "rcu_assign_pointer()" is NULLing out the pointer. 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:
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- rcu_assign_pointer
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER
(..., NULL)
Signed-off-by Andreea-Cristina Bernat <[email protected]>
--- arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c +1 -1
@@ -9029,7 +9029,7 @@ static void __exit vmx_exit(void)free_page ((unsigned long )vmx_vmread_bitmap);#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC -rcu_assign_pointer (crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss,NULL ); +RCU_INIT_POINTER (crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss,NULL );synchronize_rcu ();#endif
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