# \[tip: core/rcu\] net/netfilter: Replace rcu\_swap\_protected() with rcu\_replace\_pointer()

- From: tip-bot2 for Paul E. McKenney \<hidden\>
- Date: 2019-10-31 11:55:14 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2019/10/5761580
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netfilter-devel/2019/10/5761580/t.md

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The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     b685b534bf1586a01b32280d1da39febaf270039
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/b685b534bf1586a01b32280d1da39febaf270039
Author:        Paul E. McKenney [ref]
AuthorDate:    Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:53:02 -07:00
Committer:     Paul E. McKenney [ref]
CommitterDate: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 08:45:38 -07:00

net/netfilter: Replace rcu_swap_protected() with rcu_replace_pointer()

This commit replaces the use of rcu_swap_protected() with the more
intuitively appealing rcu_replace_pointer() as a step towards removing
rcu_swap_protected().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wiAsJLw1egFEE=Z7-GGtM6wcvtyytXZA1+BHqta4gg6Hw@mail.gmail.com/
Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
[ paulmck: From rcu_replace() to rcu_replace_pointer() per Ingo Molnar. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Cc: Jozsef Kadlecsik <redacted>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: <redacted>
Cc: <redacted>
Cc: <redacted>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index d481f9b..3379974 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -1461,8 +1461,9 @@ static void nft_chain_stats_replace(struct nft_trans *trans)
 	if (!nft_trans_chain_stats(trans))
 		return;
 
-	rcu_swap_protected(chain->stats, nft_trans_chain_stats(trans),
-			   lockdep_commit_lock_is_held(trans->ctx.net));
+	nft_trans_chain_stats(trans) =
+		rcu_replace_pointer(chain->stats, nft_trans_chain_stats(trans),
+				    lockdep_commit_lock_is_held(trans->ctx.net));
 
 	if (!nft_trans_chain_stats(trans))
 		static_branch_inc(&nft_counters_enabled);
```
