Re: [PATCH 2/2] bonding: 3ad: use RCU_INIT_POINTER for rcu pointer initialization

On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 10:37:56AM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 10:33 AM Hangbin Liu <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > From: Hangbin Liu <[email protected]>
> >
> > Use RCU_INIT_POINTER() for initializing port->aggregator to NULL.
> >
> > Fixes: c4f050ce06c5 ("bonding: 3ad: implement proper RCU rules for port->aggregator")
> > Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
> > index 196830fca4a4..c4dfcafcff26 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
> > @@ -2075,7 +2075,7 @@ static void ad_initialize_port(struct port *port, const struct bond_params *bond
> >                 port->sm_mux_state = 0;
> >                 port->sm_mux_timer_counter = 0;
> >                 port->sm_tx_state = 0;
> > -               port->aggregator = NULL;
> > +               RCU_INIT_POINTER(port->aggregator, NULL);
> >                 port->next_port_in_aggregator = NULL;
> >                 port->transaction_id = 0;
> >
> 
> This is a NOP really, the object is not visible yet.

OH, I see. Sorry for bothering you.

Hangbin