The uses of "rcu_assign_pointer()" are NULLing out the pointers. 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/file.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c index 66923fe..cd6a471 100644 --- a/fs/file.c +++ b/fs/file.c @@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ repeat: /* Sanity check */ if (rcu_access_pointer(fdt->fd[fd]) != NULL) { printk(KERN_WARNING "alloc_fd: slot %d not NULL!\n", fd); - rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(fdt->fd[fd], NULL); } #endif @@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd) file = fdt->fd[fd]; if (!file) goto out_unlock; - rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(fdt->fd[fd], NULL); __clear_close_on_exec(fd, fdt); __put_unused_fd(files, fd); spin_unlock(&files->file_lock); @@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ void do_close_on_exec(struct files_struct *files) file = fdt->fd[fd]; if (!file) continue; - rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(fdt->fd[fd], NULL); __put_unused_fd(files, fd); spin_unlock(&files->file_lock); filp_close(file, files); -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html