Since the function pointered by rethook::handler never be removed when the rethook is alive, it doesn't need to use rcu_assign_pointer() to update it. Just use WRITE_ONCE(). Reported-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/rethook.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/rethook.c b/kernel/trace/rethook.c index ab463a4d2b23..b56833700d23 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/rethook.c +++ b/kernel/trace/rethook.c @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static void rethook_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head) */ void rethook_free(struct rethook *rh) { - rcu_assign_pointer(rh->handler, NULL); + WRITE_ONCE(rh->handler, NULL); call_rcu(&rh->rcu, rethook_free_rcu); }