[PATCH] kernel: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in audit.c

[PATCH] kernel: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in audit.c

[Monam Agarwal]

This patch replaces rcu_assign_pointer(x, NULL) with RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL)

The rcu_assign_pointer() ensures that the initialization of a structure       
is carried out before storing a pointer to that structure. 
And in the case of the NULL pointer, there is no structure to initialize. 
So, rcu_assign_pointer(p, NULL) can be safely converted to RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, NULL)

Signed-off-by: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@gmail.com>
---
 kernel/audit.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 3392d3e..bc240ba 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ static void __net_exit audit_net_exit(struct net *net)
 		audit_sock = NULL;
 	}
 
-	rcu_assign_pointer(aunet->nlsk, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(aunet->nlsk, NULL);
 	synchronize_net();
 	netlink_kernel_release(sock);
 }
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1.7.9.5