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dm: use RCU_INIT_POINTER instead of rcu_assign_pointer in __unbind

Replace rcu_assign_pointer(p, NULL) with RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, 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: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>

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Monam Agarwal and committed by
Mike Snitzer
9cdb8520 bfc6d41c

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drivers/md/dm.c
··· 2163 2163 return NULL; 2164 2164 2165 2165 dm_table_event_callback(map, NULL, NULL); 2166 - rcu_assign_pointer(md->map, NULL); 2166 + RCU_INIT_POINTER(md->map, NULL); 2167 2167 dm_sync_table(md); 2168 2168 2169 2169 return map;