kernel: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in audit.c
authorMonam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@gmail.com>
Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:46:19 +0000 (00:16 +0530)
committerEric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:00:22 +0000 (12:00 -0400)
This patch replaces rcu_assign_pointer(x, NULL) with RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL)

The rcu_assign_pointer() ensures that the initialization of a structure
is carried out before storing a pointer to that structure.
And in the case of the NULL pointer, there is no structure to initialize.
So, rcu_assign_pointer(p, NULL) can be safely converted to RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, NULL)

Signed-off-by: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
kernel/audit.c

index c0696dc..ad77d1e 100644 (file)
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ static void __net_exit audit_net_exit(struct net *net)
                audit_sock = NULL;
        }
 
-       rcu_assign_pointer(aunet->nlsk, NULL);
+       RCU_INIT_POINTER(aunet->nlsk, NULL);
        synchronize_net();
        netlink_kernel_release(sock);
 }