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>
---
fs/aio.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 4f078c0..81f7f3f 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ void exit_aio(struct mm_struct *mm)
do {
if (!table || i >= table->nr) {
rcu_read_unlock();
- rcu_assign_pointer(mm->ioctx_table, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(mm->ioctx_table, NULL);
if (table)
kfree(table);
return;
--
1.9.1
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