Re: [PATCH] net/bridge: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in br_vlan.c

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From: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:41:13 +0530

> This patch replaces rcu_assign_pointer(x, NULL) with RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL)
> 
> The rcu_assign_pointer() ensures that the initialization of a structure       
> is carried out before storing a pointer to that structure. 
> And in the case of the NULL pointer, there is no structure to initialize. 
> So, rcu_assign_pointer(p, NULL) can be safely converted to RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, NULL)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied.




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