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/nfs/delegation.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.c b/fs/nfs/delegation.c index 5d8ccec..349e63b 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/delegation.c +++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.c @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ nfs_detach_delegation_locked(struct nfs_inode *nfsi, list_del_rcu(&delegation->super_list); delegation->inode = NULL; nfsi->delegation_state = 0; - rcu_assign_pointer(nfsi->delegation, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(nfsi->delegation, NULL); spin_unlock(&delegation->lock); return delegation; } -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html