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:
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- rcu_assign_pointer
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER
(..., NULL)
Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
mutex_lock(&vnode->permits_lock);
permits = vnode->permits;
- rcu_assign_pointer(vnode->permits, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(vnode->permits, NULL);
mutex_unlock(&vnode->permits_lock);
if (permits)
call_rcu(&permits->rcu, afs_zap_permits);