From cf778b00e96df6d64f8e21b8395d1f8a859ecdc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:41:32 +0000 Subject: net: reintroduce missing rcu_assign_pointer() calls commit a9b3cd7f32 (rcu: convert uses of rcu_assign_pointer(x, NULL) to RCU_INIT_POINTER) did a lot of incorrect changes, since it did a complete conversion of rcu_assign_pointer(x, y) to RCU_INIT_POINTER(x, y). We miss needed barriers, even on x86, when y is not NULL. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet CC: Stephen Hemminger CC: Paul E. McKenney Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/net-sysfs.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/core/net-sysfs.c') diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c index abf4393a77b..f3dbd4f596a 100644 --- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c +++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c @@ -1177,9 +1177,9 @@ static ssize_t store_xps_map(struct netdev_queue *queue, nonempty = 1; } - if (nonempty) - RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->xps_maps, new_dev_maps); - else { + if (nonempty) { + rcu_assign_pointer(dev->xps_maps, new_dev_maps); + } else { kfree(new_dev_maps); RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->xps_maps, NULL); } -- cgit v1.2.3