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: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
if (rcu_access_pointer(local->sched_scan_sdata)) {
ret = drv_sched_scan_stop(local, sdata);
if (!ret)
- rcu_assign_pointer(local->sched_scan_sdata, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->sched_scan_sdata, NULL);
}
out:
mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);