Here rcu_assign_pointer() is ensuring that the initialization of a structure is carried out before storing a pointer to that structure. So, rcu_assign_pointer(p, NULL) can always safely be converted to RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, NULL). Signed-off-by: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c index 3927528..e37c0da 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c @@ -8787,7 +8787,7 @@ static void __exit vmx_exit(void) free_page((unsigned long)vmx_vmread_bitmap); #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC - rcu_assign_pointer(crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss, NULL); synchronize_rcu(); #endif -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
