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[PATCH] block: partition: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() for NULLing.

Started byMuhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@gmail.com>
First post2016-05-05 20:00 +0200
Last post2016-05-05 20:40 +0200
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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

#1395258 — [PATCH] block: partition: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() for NULLing.

FromMuhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@gmail.com>
Date2016-05-05 20:00 +0200
Subject[PATCH] block: partition: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() for NULLing.
Message-ID<rvvJ8-4je-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
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>
---
 block/partition-generic.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/partition-generic.c b/block/partition-generic.c
index 2c6ae2a..e5219d5 100644
--- a/block/partition-generic.c
+++ b/block/partition-generic.c
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ void delete_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno)
 	if (!part)
 		return;
 
-	rcu_assign_pointer(ptbl->part[partno], NULL);
-	rcu_assign_pointer(ptbl->last_lookup, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(ptbl->part[partno], NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(ptbl->last_lookup, NULL);
 	kobject_put(part->holder_dir);
 	device_del(part_to_dev(part));
 
-- 
1.9.1

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#1395272

FromMuhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@gmail.com>
Date2016-05-05 20:40 +0200
Message-ID<rvwlP-5gq-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1395258
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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#1395278

FromChristoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Date2016-05-05 20:40 +0200
Message-ID<rvwlP-5gq-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1395258
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.

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