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> --- drivers/input/input.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c index 1c4c0db..f9db5ea 100644 --- a/drivers/input/input.c +++ b/drivers/input/input.c @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static void __input_release_device(struct input_handle *handle) grabber = rcu_dereference_protected(dev->grab, lockdep_is_held(&dev->mutex)); if (grabber == handle) { - rcu_assign_pointer(dev->grab, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->grab, NULL); /* Make sure input_pass_event() notices that grab is gone */ synchronize_rcu(); -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html