Remove the explicit NULLing of active/peer pointers and rely on the implicit one done at net device allocation. Suggested-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/netkit.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/netkit.c b/drivers/net/netkit.c index 7e484f9fd3ae..5a0f86f38f09 100644 --- a/drivers/net/netkit.c +++ b/drivers/net/netkit.c @@ -371,8 +371,6 @@ static int netkit_new_link(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev, nk->policy = default_peer; nk->mode = mode; bpf_mprog_bundle_init(&nk->bundle); - RCU_INIT_POINTER(nk->active, NULL); - RCU_INIT_POINTER(nk->peer, NULL); err = register_netdevice(peer); put_net(net); @@ -398,8 +396,6 @@ static int netkit_new_link(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev, nk->policy = default_prim; nk->mode = mode; bpf_mprog_bundle_init(&nk->bundle); - RCU_INIT_POINTER(nk->active, NULL); - RCU_INIT_POINTER(nk->peer, NULL); err = register_netdevice(dev); if (err < 0) -- 2.38.1