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> --- net/mac80211/scan.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/scan.c b/net/mac80211/scan.c index 836f500..f9f078b 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/scan.c +++ b/net/mac80211/scan.c @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static void __ieee80211_scan_completed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, bool aborted) if (local->scan_req != local->int_scan_req) cfg80211_scan_done(local->scan_req, aborted); local->scan_req = NULL; - rcu_assign_pointer(local->scan_sdata, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->scan_sdata, NULL); local->scanning = 0; local->scan_chandef.chan = NULL; @@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ static int __ieee80211_start_scan(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, ieee80211_recalc_idle(local); local->scan_req = NULL; - rcu_assign_pointer(local->scan_sdata, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->scan_sdata, NULL); } return rc; @@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ void ieee80211_scan_work(struct work_struct *work) int rc; local->scan_req = NULL; - rcu_assign_pointer(local->scan_sdata, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->scan_sdata, NULL); rc = __ieee80211_start_scan(sdata, req); if (rc) { @@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ out_free: if (ret) { /* Clean in case of failure after HW restart or upon resume. */ - rcu_assign_pointer(local->sched_scan_sdata, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->sched_scan_sdata, NULL); local->sched_scan_req = NULL; } @@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ void ieee80211_sched_scan_stopped_work(struct work_struct *work) return; } - rcu_assign_pointer(local->sched_scan_sdata, NULL); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->sched_scan_sdata, NULL); /* If sched scan was aborted by the driver. */ local->sched_scan_req = NULL; -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html