cifs: no need to use rcu_assign_pointer on immutable keys
authorJeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:47:11 +0000 (01:47 -0400)
committerSteve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:26:49 +0000 (01:26 +0000)
cifs: no need to use rcu_assign_pointer on immutable keys

Neither keytype in use by CIFS has an "update" method. This means that
the keys are immutable once instantiated. We don't need to use RCU
to set the payload data pointers.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
fs/cifs/cifs_spnego.c
fs/cifs/dns_resolve.c

index 3fd3a9df043a6eee77c276563300be4c5ed390a7..67bf93a40d2eeb46a42175183810c25c3cd1db58 100644 (file)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ cifs_spnego_key_instantiate(struct key *key, const void *data, size_t datalen)
 
        /* attach the data */
        memcpy(payload, data, datalen);
-       rcu_assign_pointer(key->payload.data, payload);
+       key->payload.data = payload;
        ret = 0;
 
 error:
index 1e0c1bd8f2e4c72a5dcef3a727e6db49f89ae130..df4a306f697efc9c5772d52ae88045095b28e077 100644 (file)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ dns_resolver_instantiate(struct key *key, const void *data,
        }
 
        key->type_data.x[0] = datalen;
-       rcu_assign_pointer(key->payload.data, ip);
+       key->payload.data = ip;
 
        return rc;
 }