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/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c') diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c index 4605c947dcc4..641ff5f96718 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ int nf_ct_extend_register(struct nf_ct_ext_type *type) before updating alloc_size */ type->alloc_size = ALIGN(sizeof(struct nf_ct_ext), type->align) + type->len; - RCU_INIT_POINTER(nf_ct_ext_types[type->id], type); + rcu_assign_pointer(nf_ct_ext_types[type->id], type); update_alloc_size(type); out: mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_ext_type_mutex); -- cgit v1.2.3