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| From | Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] block: partition: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() for NULLing. |
| Date | 2016-05-05 20:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <rvwlP-5gq-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <rvvJ8-4je-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <rvwlP-5gq-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Thu, May 05, 2016 at 11:31:19AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Thu, May 05, 2016 at 11:24:06PM +0530, Muhammad Falak R Wani wrote: > > It is safe to use RCU_INIT_POINTER() to NULL, instead of > > rcu_assign_pointer(). > > This results in slightly smaller/faster code. > > > > Signed-off-by: Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@gmail.com> > > Muhammad, > > please stop sending these patches. They make the code less reusbale, > and we (or rather Paul) are working on making rcu_assign_pointer do > the right thing. Sorry, my bad! Wont send any of these now. I just thought it might be the right thing to do, till the time Paul et al make it do the right thing. -mfrw
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[PATCH] block: partition: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() for NULLing. Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 20:00 +0200 Re: [PATCH] block: partition: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() for NULLing. Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 20:40 +0200 Re: [PATCH] block: partition: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() for NULLing. Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-05-05 20:40 +0200
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