Re: [PATCH 2/2] bonding: 3ad: use RCU_INIT_POINTER for rcu pointer initialization

On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 10:37:56AM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:

On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 10:33 AM Hangbin Liu [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

From: Hangbin Liu <redacted>

Use RCU_INIT_POINTER() for initializing port->aggregator to NULL.

Fixes: c4f050ce06c5 ("bonding: 3ad: implement proper RCU rules for port->aggregator")
Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
index 196830fca4a4..c4dfcafcff26 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c

@@ -2075,7 +2075,7 @@ static void ad_initialize_port(struct port *port, const struct bond_params *bond
                port->sm_mux_state = 0;
                port->sm_mux_timer_counter = 0;
                port->sm_tx_state = 0;
-               port->aggregator = NULL;
+               RCU_INIT_POINTER(port->aggregator, NULL);
                port->next_port_in_aggregator = NULL;
                port->transaction_id = 0;

This is a NOP really, the object is not visible yet.

OH, I see. Sorry for bothering you.

Hangbin