From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx> Use RCU_INIT_POINTER() instead of rcu_access_pointer() in copy_sighand(). Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/fork.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index 2508a4f238a3..42b71d4a50cb 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ static int copy_sighand(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk) return 0; } sig = kmem_cache_alloc(sighand_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); - rcu_assign_pointer(tsk->sighand, sig); + RCU_INIT_POINTER(tsk->sighand, sig); if (!sig) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.17.1
