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kernel: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL) in audit.c
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This patch replaces rcu_assign_pointer(x, NULL) with RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, NULL)

The rcu_assign_pointer() ensures that the initialization of a structure
is carried out before storing a pointer to that structure.
And in the case of the NULL pointer, there is no structure to initialize.
So, rcu_assign_pointer(p, NULL) can be safely converted to RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, NULL)

Signed-off-by: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
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Monam Agarwal authored and Eric Paris committed Mar 24, 2014
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Expand Up @@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ static void __net_exit audit_net_exit(struct net *net)
audit_sock = NULL;
}

rcu_assign_pointer(aunet->nlsk, NULL);
RCU_INIT_POINTER(aunet->nlsk, NULL);
synchronize_net();
netlink_kernel_release(sock);
}
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