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 S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
if (query->startup_sent < br->multicast_startup_query_count)
query->startup_sent++;
- rcu_assign_pointer(querier, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(querier, NULL);
br_multicast_send_query(br, NULL, query);
spin_unlock(&br->multicast_lock);
}