fs: aio: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()
PATCH 1/1 fs: aio: 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]>
--- fs/aio.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
fs/aio.c +1 -1
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ void exit_aio(struct mm_struct *mm) do { if (!table || i >= table->nr) { rcu_read_unlock(); - rcu_assign_pointer(mm->ioctx_table, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(mm->ioctx_table, NULL); if (table) kfree(table); return;
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