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kernel: trace_syscalls: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()
authorAndreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com>
Fri, 22 Aug 2014 14:28:22 +0000 (17:28 +0300)
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:48:47 +0000 (10:48 -0400)
commitfb5a613b4f310d6d520daf295547ab35b0ac58a3
treefa274f95ec5a819bff04aa1e712d4d5aff54d86a
parent3a630178fd5f30c285fd7016c5340a176b625913
kernel: trace_syscalls: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()

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:
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- rcu_assign_pointer
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER
  (..., NULL)

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/p/20140822142822.GA32391@ada
Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c