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>
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@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static struct inet6_dev * ipv6_add_dev(struct net_device *dev)
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ndev->tstamp = jiffies;
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addrconf_sysctl_register(ndev);
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/* protected by rtnl_lock */
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rcu_assign_pointer(dev->ip6_ptr, ndev);
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RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->ip6_ptr, ndev);
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/* Join all-node multicast group */
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ipv6_dev_mc_inc(dev, &in6addr_linklocal_allnodes);
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@@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@ static int addrconf_ifdown(struct net_device *dev, int how)
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idev->dead = 1;
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/* protected by rtnl_lock */
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rcu_assign_pointer(dev->ip6_ptr, NULL);
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RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->ip6_ptr, NULL);
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/* Step 1.5: remove snmp6 entry */
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snmp6_unregister_dev(idev);
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