Aug 22 2014

kernel: trace_syscalls: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER() 

Author: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com>

The uses of "rcu_assign_pointer()" are NULLing out the pointers.
According to RCU_INIT_POINTER()'s block comment:
"1.   This use of RCU_INIT_POINTER() is NULLing out the pointer"
it is better to use it instead of rcu_assign_pointer() because it has a
smaller overhead.

The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used:
@@
@@

- rcu_assign_pointer
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER
  (..., NULL)

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/p/20140822142822.GA32391@ada

Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt 

---
 kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 759d5e0..4dc8b79 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ static void unreg_event_syscall_enter(struct ftrace_event_file *file,
 		return;
 	mutex_lock(&syscall_trace_lock);
 	tr->sys_refcount_enter--;
-	rcu_assign_pointer(tr->enter_syscall_files[num], NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(tr->enter_syscall_files[num], NULL);
 	if (!tr->sys_refcount_enter)
 		unregister_trace_sys_enter(ftrace_syscall_enter, tr);
 	mutex_unlock(&syscall_trace_lock);
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static void unreg_event_syscall_exit(struct ftrace_event_file *file,
 		return;
 	mutex_lock(&syscall_trace_lock);
 	tr->sys_refcount_exit--;
-	rcu_assign_pointer(tr->exit_syscall_files[num], NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(tr->exit_syscall_files[num], NULL);
 	if (!tr->sys_refcount_exit)
 		unregister_trace_sys_exit(ftrace_syscall_exit, tr);
 	mutex_unlock(&syscall_trace_lock);

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