According to RCU_INIT_POINTER()'s block comment 3.a, it can be used if
"3. The referenced data structure has already been exposed to readers either
at compile time or via rcu_assign_pointer() -and-
a. You have not made -any- reader-visible changes to this structure since
then".
This case fulfills the conditions above because between the rtnl_dereference()
call and the rcu_assign_pointer() call there is no update of that value.
Therefore, this patch makes the replacement.
The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used:
@@
@@
- rcu_assign_pointer
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER
(...,
(
rtnl_dereference(...)
|
rcu_dereference_protected(...)
) )
Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <redacted>
---
net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
index 9aaa6bb..8a59191 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ vti6_tnl_link(struct vti6_net *ip6n, struct ip6_tnl *t)
{
struct ip6_tnl __rcu **tp = vti6_tnl_bucket(ip6n, &t->parms);
- rcu_assign_pointer(t->next , rtnl_dereference(*tp));
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(t->next , rtnl_dereference(*tp));
rcu_assign_pointer(*tp, t);
}
--
1.9.1