Author: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com> This “rcu_dereference()” call is used directly in a condition. Since its return value is never dereferenced it is recommended to use “rcu_access_pointer()” instead of “rcu_dereference()”. Therefore, this patch makes this replacement. The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used for solving it: @@ @@ ( if( ()) {…} | while( ()) {…} …