rcu: convert uses of rcu_assign_pointer(x, NULL) to RCU_INIT_POINTER
When assigning a NULL value to an RCU protected pointer, no barrier
is needed. The rcu_assign_pointer, used to handle that but will soon
change to not handle the special case.
Convert all rcu_assign_pointer of NULL value.
//smpl
@@ expression P; @@
- rcu_assign_pointer(P, NULL)
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(P, NULL)
// </smpl>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c
index 6a79f308..4f45dc9 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c
@@ -130,14 +130,14 @@
int rawv6_mh_filter_register(mh_filter_t filter)
{
- rcu_assign_pointer(mh_filter, filter);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(mh_filter, filter);
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rawv6_mh_filter_register);
int rawv6_mh_filter_unregister(mh_filter_t filter)
{
- rcu_assign_pointer(mh_filter, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(mh_filter, NULL);
synchronize_rcu();
return 0;
}