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>
This commit is contained in:
Stephen Hemminger
2011-08-01 16:19:00 +00:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 76f793e3a4
commit a9b3cd7f32
55 changed files with 193 additions and 193 deletions
+2 -2
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@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static struct inet6_dev * ipv6_add_dev(struct net_device *dev)
ndev->tstamp = jiffies;
addrconf_sysctl_register(ndev);
/* protected by rtnl_lock */
rcu_assign_pointer(dev->ip6_ptr, ndev);
RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->ip6_ptr, ndev);
/* Join all-node multicast group */
ipv6_dev_mc_inc(dev, &in6addr_linklocal_allnodes);
@@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@ static int addrconf_ifdown(struct net_device *dev, int how)
idev->dead = 1;
/* protected by rtnl_lock */
rcu_assign_pointer(dev->ip6_ptr, NULL);
RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->ip6_ptr, NULL);
/* Step 1.5: remove snmp6 entry */
snmp6_unregister_dev(idev);