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crypto: nx - Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL)

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: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Monam Agarwal 11 years ago
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1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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      drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842.c

+ 2 - 2
drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842.c

@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ static int __exit nx842_remove(struct vio_dev *viodev)
 	old_devdata = rcu_dereference_check(devdata,
 			lockdep_is_held(&devdata_mutex));
 	of_reconfig_notifier_unregister(&nx842_of_nb);
-	rcu_assign_pointer(devdata, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(devdata, NULL);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_mutex, flags);
 	synchronize_rcu();
 	dev_set_drvdata(&viodev->dev, NULL);
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ static void __exit nx842_exit(void)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&devdata_mutex, flags);
 	old_devdata = rcu_dereference_check(devdata,
 			lockdep_is_held(&devdata_mutex));
-	rcu_assign_pointer(devdata, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(devdata, NULL);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_mutex, flags);
 	synchronize_rcu();
 	if (old_devdata)