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/socket.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/socket.c') diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c index e56162cd65b..28a96af484b 100644 --- a/net/socket.c +++ b/net/socket.c @@ -2492,7 +2492,7 @@ int sock_register(const struct net_proto_family *ops) lockdep_is_held(&net_family_lock))) err = -EEXIST; else { - RCU_INIT_POINTER(net_families[ops->family], ops); + rcu_assign_pointer(net_families[ops->family], ops); err = 0; } spin_unlock(&net_family_lock); -- cgit v1.2.3