@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ static void remove_qp(struct qib_ibdev *dev, struct qib_qp *qp)
if (rcu_dereference_protected(ibp->qp0,
lockdep_is_held(&dev->qpt_lock)) == qp) {
- rcu_assign_pointer(ibp->qp0, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(ibp->qp0, NULL);
} else if (rcu_dereference_protected(ibp->qp1,
lockdep_is_held(&dev->qpt_lock)) == qp) {
- rcu_assign_pointer(ibp->qp1, NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(ibp->qp1, NULL);
} else {
struct qib_qp *q;
struct qib_qp __rcu **qpp;
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ unsigned qib_free_all_qps(struct qib_devdata *dd)
for (n = 0; n < dev->qp_table_size; n++) {
qp = rcu_dereference_protected(dev->qp_table[n],
lockdep_is_held(&dev->qpt_lock));
- rcu_assign_pointer(dev->qp_table[n], NULL);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->qp_table[n], NULL);
for (; qp; qp = rcu_dereference_protected(qp->next,
lockdep_is_held(&dev->qpt_lock)))
The uses of "rcu_assign_pointer()" are NULLing out the pointers. According to RCU_INIT_POINTER()'s block comment: "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. The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used: @@ @@ - rcu_assign_pointer + RCU_INIT_POINTER (..., NULL) Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com> --- drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)