[PATCH] kernel/events: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in callchain.c

[PATCH] kernel/events: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in callchain.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/events/callchain.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/callchain.c b/kernel/events/callchain.c
index 97b67df..f2a88de 100644
--- a/kernel/events/callchain.c
+++ b/kernel/events/callchain.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static void release_callchain_buffers(void)
 	struct callchain_cpus_entries *entries;
 
 	entries = callchain_cpus_entries;
-	rcu_assign_pointer(callchain_cpus_entries, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(callchain_cpus_entries, NULL);
 	call_rcu(&entries->rcu_head, release_callchain_buffers_rcu);
 }
 
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