From 03c885913f914d17124432dd50caf2923a80847c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreea-Cristina Bernat Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:19:53 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] IB/qib: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER() in qib_qp.c According to RCU_INIT_POINTER()'s block comment 3.a, it can be used if "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. "3. The referenced data structure has already been exposed to readers either at compile time or via rcu_assign_pointer() -and- a. You have not made -any- reader-visible changes to this structure since then". These cases fulfill the conditions above because between the rcu_dereference_protected() call and the rcu_assign_pointer() call there is no update of that value. Therefore, this patch makes the replacement. The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used: @@ @@ - rcu_assign_pointer + RCU_INIT_POINTER (..., ( rtnl_dereference(...) | rcu_dereference_protected(...) ) ) [consolidated from http://marc.info/?l=linux-rdma&m=140836578119485&w=2 and http://marc.info/?l=linux-rdma&m=140906361403047&w=2] Tested-by: Mike Marciniszyn Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat Signed-off-by: Mike Marciniszyn Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier --- Reading git-format-patch failed