[PATCH] virt/kvm: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in eventfd.c

[PATCH] virt/kvm: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in eventfd.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>
---
 virt/kvm/eventfd.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
index abe4d60..354a2af 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static void irqfd_update(struct kvm *kvm, struct _irqfd *irqfd,
 	struct kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry *e;
 
 	if (irqfd->gsi >= irq_rt->nr_rt_entries) {
-		rcu_assign_pointer(irqfd->irq_entry, NULL);
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(irqfd->irq_entry, NULL);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static void irqfd_update(struct kvm *kvm, struct _irqfd *irqfd,
 		if (e->type == KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI)
 			rcu_assign_pointer(irqfd->irq_entry, e);
 		else
-			rcu_assign_pointer(irqfd->irq_entry, NULL);
+			RCU_INIT_POINTER(irqfd->irq_entry, NULL);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ kvm_irqfd_deassign(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd *args)
 			 * It is paired with synchronize_rcu done by caller
 			 * of that function.
 			 */
-			rcu_assign_pointer(irqfd->irq_entry, NULL);
+			RCU_INIT_POINTER(irqfd->irq_entry, NULL);
 			irqfd_deactivate(irqfd);
 		}
 	}
-- 
1.7.9.5