Re: [PATCH] mac80211: scan: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Date: 2014-08-26 09:18:33
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On Fri, 2014-08-22 at 16:14 +0300, Andreea-Cristina Bernat wrote:
The use of "rcu_assign_pointer()" is NULLing out the pointer. 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.
Applied, thanks. johannes