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SubjectRe: [PATCH] tcm_fc: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()
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Hi Andreea-Cristina,

On Mon, 2014-08-18 at 15:05 +0300, Andreea-Cristina Bernat wrote:
> 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:
> @@
> @@
>
> - rcu_assign_pointer
> + RCU_INIT_POINTER
> (..., NULL)
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_sess.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_sess.c b/drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_sess.c
> index 21ce508..ccee7e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_sess.c
> +++ b/drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_sess.c
> @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void ft_tport_delete(struct ft_tport *tport)
> ft_sess_delete_all(tport);
> lport = tport->lport;
> BUG_ON(tport != lport->prov[FC_TYPE_FCP]);
> - rcu_assign_pointer(lport->prov[FC_TYPE_FCP], NULL);
> + RCU_INIT_POINTER(lport->prov[FC_TYPE_FCP], NULL);
>
> tpg = tport->tpg;
> if (tpg) {

Applied to target-pending.git.

Thanks!

--nab



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