Author: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com> The « 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 the replacement. The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used: @@ @@ ( if( ()) {…} | while( ()) {…} ) Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina …