kernel: sched: fair: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()
PATCH 1/1 kernel: sched: fair: 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]>
--- kernel/sched/fair.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
kernel/sched/fair.c +1 -1
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ void task_numa_free(struct task_struct *p)list_del (&p->numa_entry); grp->nr_tasks--;spin_unlock_irqrestore (&grp->lock, flags); -rcu_assign_pointer (p->numa_group,NULL ); +RCU_INIT_POINTER (p->numa_group,NULL );put_numa_group (grp); }
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1.9.1