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: @@ @@ - rcu_assign_pointer + RCU_INIT_POINTER (..., NULL) Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/bridge/br_multicast.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c index abfa0b65..9b64383 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c @@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ static void br_multicast_query_expired(struct net_bridge *br, if (query->startup_sent < br->multicast_startup_query_count) query->startup_sent++; - rcu_assign_pointer(querier, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(querier, NULL); br_multicast_send_query(br, NULL, query); spin_unlock(&br->multicast_lock); } -- 1.9.1
