cifs: no need to use rcu_assign_pointer on immutable keys
authorJeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:47:11 +0000 (01:47 -0400)
committerSteve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:26:49 +0000 (01:26 +0000)
cifs: no need to use rcu_assign_pointer on immutable keys

Neither keytype in use by CIFS has an "update" method. This means that
the keys are immutable once instantiated. We don't need to use RCU
to set the payload data pointers.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
fs/cifs/cifs_spnego.c
fs/cifs/dns_resolve.c

index 3fd3a9d..67bf93a 100644 (file)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ cifs_spnego_key_instantiate(struct key *key, const void *data, size_t datalen)
 
        /* attach the data */
        memcpy(payload, data, datalen);
-       rcu_assign_pointer(key->payload.data, payload);
+       key->payload.data = payload;
        ret = 0;
 
 error:
index 1e0c1bd..df4a306 100644 (file)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ dns_resolver_instantiate(struct key *key, const void *data,
        }
 
        key->type_data.x[0] = datalen;
-       rcu_assign_pointer(key->payload.data, ip);
+       key->payload.data = ip;
 
        return rc;
 }