blk-cgroup: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()
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PATCH 1/1 blk-cgroup: 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]>
--- block/blk-cgroup.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
block/blk-cgroup.c +1 -1
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static void blkg_destroy(struct blkcg_gq *blkg)* will. Hint assignment itself can race safely. */ if (rcu_access_pointer (blkcg->blkg_hint) == blkg) -rcu_assign_pointer (blkcg->blkg_hint,NULL ); +RCU_INIT_POINTER (blkcg->blkg_hint,NULL );/* * If root blkg is destroyed. Just clear the pointer since root_rl
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