genhd: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()
PATCH 1/1 genhd: 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/genhd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
block/genhd.c +1 -1
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ static void disk_replace_part_tbl(struct gendisk *disk,rcu_assign_pointer (disk->part_tbl, new_ptbl);if (old_ptbl) { -rcu_assign_pointer (old_ptbl->last_lookup,NULL ); +RCU_INIT_POINTER (old_ptbl->last_lookup,NULL );kfree_rcu (old_ptbl, rcu_head); } }
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1.9.1