nonempty = 1;
        }
 
-       if (nonempty)
-               RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->xps_maps, new_dev_maps);
-       else {
+       if (nonempty) {
+               rcu_assign_pointer(dev->xps_maps, new_dev_maps);
+       } else {
                kfree(new_dev_maps);
                RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->xps_maps, NULL);
        }
 
        }
 
        /* last thing to do is link it to the net device structure */
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(ndev->npinfo, npinfo);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(ndev->npinfo, npinfo);
 
        return 0;
 
 
        }
 
        ifa->ifa_next = dn_db->ifa_list;
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(dn_db->ifa_list, ifa);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(dn_db->ifa_list, ifa);
 
        dn_ifaddr_notify(RTM_NEWADDR, ifa);
        blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dnaddr_chain, NETDEV_UP, ifa);
 
        memcpy(&dn_db->parms, p, sizeof(struct dn_dev_parms));
 
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->dn_ptr, dn_db);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(dev->dn_ptr, dn_db);
        dn_db->dev = dev;
        init_timer(&dn_db->timer);
 
 
                ip_mc_up(in_dev);
 
        /* we can receive as soon as ip_ptr is set -- do this last */
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->ip_ptr, in_dev);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(dev->ip_ptr, in_dev);
 out:
        return in_dev;
 out_kfree:
 
        return (struct tnode *)(parent & ~NODE_TYPE_MASK);
 }
 
-/* Same as RCU_INIT_POINTER
+/* Same as rcu_assign_pointer
  * but that macro() assumes that value is a pointer.
  */
 static inline void node_set_parent(struct rt_trie_node *node, struct tnode *ptr)
        if (n)
                node_set_parent(n, tn);
 
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(tn->child[i], n);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(tn->child[i], n);
 }
 
 #define MAX_WORK 10
 
                tp = node_parent((struct rt_trie_node *) tn);
                if (!tp)
-                       RCU_INIT_POINTER(t->trie, (struct rt_trie_node *)tn);
+                       rcu_assign_pointer(t->trie, (struct rt_trie_node *)tn);
 
                tnode_free_flush();
                if (!tp)
        if (IS_TNODE(tn))
                tn = (struct tnode *)resize(t, (struct tnode *)tn);
 
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(t->trie, (struct rt_trie_node *)tn);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(t->trie, (struct rt_trie_node *)tn);
        tnode_free_flush();
 }
 
                        put_child(t, (struct tnode *)tp, cindex,
                                  (struct rt_trie_node *)tn);
                } else {
-                       RCU_INIT_POINTER(t->trie, (struct rt_trie_node *)tn);
+                       rcu_assign_pointer(t->trie, (struct rt_trie_node *)tn);
                        tp = tn;
                }
        }
 
 
        im->next_rcu = in_dev->mc_list;
        in_dev->mc_count++;
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(in_dev->mc_list, im);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(in_dev->mc_list, im);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST
        igmpv3_del_delrec(in_dev, im->multiaddr);
        iml->next_rcu = inet->mc_list;
        iml->sflist = NULL;
        iml->sfmode = MCAST_EXCLUDE;
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(inet->mc_list, iml);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(inet->mc_list, iml);
        ip_mc_inc_group(in_dev, addr);
        err = 0;
 done:
                        atomic_sub(IP_SFLSIZE(psl->sl_max), &sk->sk_omem_alloc);
                        kfree_rcu(psl, rcu);
                }
-               RCU_INIT_POINTER(pmc->sflist, newpsl);
+               rcu_assign_pointer(pmc->sflist, newpsl);
                psl = newpsl;
        }
        rv = 1; /* > 0 for insert logic below if sl_count is 0 */
        } else
                (void) ip_mc_del_src(in_dev, &msf->imsf_multiaddr, pmc->sfmode,
                        0, NULL, 0);
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(pmc->sflist, newpsl);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(pmc->sflist, newpsl);
        pmc->sfmode = msf->imsf_fmode;
        err = 0;
 done:
 
             (iter = rtnl_dereference(*tp)) != NULL;
             tp = &iter->next) {
                if (t == iter) {
-                       RCU_INIT_POINTER(*tp, t->next);
+                       rcu_assign_pointer(*tp, t->next);
                        break;
                }
        }
 {
        struct ip_tunnel __rcu **tp = ipip_bucket(ipn, t);
 
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(t->next, rtnl_dereference(*tp));
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(*tp, t);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(t->next, rtnl_dereference(*tp));
+       rcu_assign_pointer(*tp, t);
 }
 
 static struct ip_tunnel * ipip_tunnel_locate(struct net *net,
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        dev_hold(dev);
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(ipn->tunnels_wc[0], tunnel);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(ipn->tunnels_wc[0], tunnel);
        return 0;
 }
 
 
 
                ret = ip_ra_control(sk, 1, mrtsock_destruct);
                if (ret == 0) {
-                       RCU_INIT_POINTER(mrt->mroute_sk, sk);
+                       rcu_assign_pointer(mrt->mroute_sk, sk);
                        IPV4_DEVCONF_ALL(net, MC_FORWARDING)++;
                }
                rtnl_unlock();
 
        ndev->tstamp = jiffies;
        addrconf_sysctl_register(ndev);
        /* protected by rtnl_lock */
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->ip6_ptr, ndev);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(dev->ip6_ptr, ndev);
 
        /* Join all-node multicast group */
        ipv6_dev_mc_inc(dev, &in6addr_linklocal_allnodes);
 
 {
        struct ip6_tnl __rcu **tp = ip6_tnl_bucket(ip6n, &t->parms);
 
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(t->next , rtnl_dereference(*tp));
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(*tp, t);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(t->next , rtnl_dereference(*tp));
+       rcu_assign_pointer(*tp, t);
 }
 
 /**
             (iter = rtnl_dereference(*tp)) != NULL;
             tp = &iter->next) {
                if (t == iter) {
-                       RCU_INIT_POINTER(*tp, t->next);
+                       rcu_assign_pointer(*tp, t->next);
                        break;
                }
        }
 
        t->parms.proto = IPPROTO_IPV6;
        dev_hold(dev);
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(ip6n->tnls_wc[0], t);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(ip6n->tnls_wc[0], t);
        return 0;
 }
 
 
 
 int rawv6_mh_filter_register(mh_filter_t filter)
 {
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(mh_filter, filter);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(mh_filter, filter);
        return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rawv6_mh_filter_register);
 
             (iter = rtnl_dereference(*tp)) != NULL;
             tp = &iter->next) {
                if (t == iter) {
-                       RCU_INIT_POINTER(*tp, t->next);
+                       rcu_assign_pointer(*tp, t->next);
                        break;
                }
        }
 {
        struct ip_tunnel __rcu **tp = ipip6_bucket(sitn, t);
 
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(t->next, rtnl_dereference(*tp));
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(*tp, t);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(t->next, rtnl_dereference(*tp));
+       rcu_assign_pointer(*tp, t);
 }
 
 static void ipip6_tunnel_clone_6rd(struct net_device *dev, struct sit_net *sitn)
        p->addr = a->addr;
        p->flags = a->flags;
        t->prl_count++;
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(t->prl, p);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(t->prl, p);
 out:
        return err;
 }
        if (!dev->tstats)
                return -ENOMEM;
        dev_hold(dev);
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(sitn->tunnels_wc[0], tunnel);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(sitn->tunnels_wc[0], tunnel);
        return 0;
 }
 
 
        status = WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 
        /* activate it for RX */
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_rx[tid], tid_agg_rx);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_rx[tid], tid_agg_rx);
 
        if (timeout)
                mod_timer(&tid_agg_rx->session_timer, TU_TO_EXP_TIME(timeout));
 
 
        sdata->vif.bss_conf.dtim_period = new->dtim_period;
 
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(sdata->u.ap.beacon, new);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(sdata->u.ap.beacon, new);
 
        synchronize_rcu();
 
                                return -EBUSY;
                        }
 
-                       RCU_INIT_POINTER(vlansdata->u.vlan.sta, sta);
+                       rcu_assign_pointer(vlansdata->u.vlan.sta, sta);
                }
 
                sta->sdata = vlansdata;
 
                *pos++ = 0; /* U-APSD no in use */
        }
 
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(ifibss->presp, skb);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(ifibss->presp, skb);
 
        sdata->vif.bss_conf.beacon_int = beacon_int;
        sdata->vif.bss_conf.basic_rates = basic_rates;
 
        if (!s)
                return -ENOENT;
        if (s == sta) {
-               RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->sta_hash[STA_HASH(sta->sta.addr)],
+               rcu_assign_pointer(local->sta_hash[STA_HASH(sta->sta.addr)],
                                   s->hnext);
                return 0;
        }
                s = rcu_dereference_protected(s->hnext,
                                        lockdep_is_held(&local->sta_mtx));
        if (rcu_access_pointer(s->hnext)) {
-               RCU_INIT_POINTER(s->hnext, sta->hnext);
+               rcu_assign_pointer(s->hnext, sta->hnext);
                return 0;
        }
 
 {
        lockdep_assert_held(&local->sta_mtx);
        sta->hnext = local->sta_hash[STA_HASH(sta->sta.addr)];
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->sta_hash[STA_HASH(sta->sta.addr)], sta);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(local->sta_hash[STA_HASH(sta->sta.addr)], sta);
 }
 
 static void sta_unblock(struct work_struct *wk)
 
                if (exp->helper) {
                        help = nf_ct_helper_ext_add(ct, GFP_ATOMIC);
                        if (help)
-                               RCU_INIT_POINTER(help->helper, exp->helper);
+                               rcu_assign_pointer(help->helper, exp->helper);
                }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK
 
                ret = -EBUSY;
                goto out_unlock;
        }
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(net->ct.nf_conntrack_event_cb, new);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(net->ct.nf_conntrack_event_cb, new);
        mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_ecache_mutex);
        return ret;
 
                ret = -EBUSY;
                goto out_unlock;
        }
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(net->ct.nf_expect_event_cb, new);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(net->ct.nf_expect_event_cb, new);
        mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_ecache_mutex);
        return ret;
 
 
           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);
 
                memset(&help->help, 0, sizeof(help->help));
        }
 
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(help->helper, helper);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(help->helper, helper);
 out:
        return ret;
 }
 
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
        }
 
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(help->helper, helper);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(help->helper, helper);
 
        return 0;
 }
 
                llog = rcu_dereference_protected(nf_loggers[pf],
                                                 lockdep_is_held(&nf_log_mutex));
                if (llog == NULL)
-                       RCU_INIT_POINTER(nf_loggers[pf], logger);
+                       rcu_assign_pointer(nf_loggers[pf], logger);
        }
 
        mutex_unlock(&nf_log_mutex);
                mutex_unlock(&nf_log_mutex);
                return -ENOENT;
        }
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(nf_loggers[pf], logger);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(nf_loggers[pf], logger);
        mutex_unlock(&nf_log_mutex);
        return 0;
 }
                        mutex_unlock(&nf_log_mutex);
                        return -ENOENT;
                }
-               RCU_INIT_POINTER(nf_loggers[tindex], logger);
+               rcu_assign_pointer(nf_loggers[tindex], logger);
                mutex_unlock(&nf_log_mutex);
        } else {
                mutex_lock(&nf_log_mutex);
 
        else if (old)
                ret = -EBUSY;
        else {
-               RCU_INIT_POINTER(queue_handler[pf], qh);
+               rcu_assign_pointer(queue_handler[pf], qh);
                ret = 0;
        }
        mutex_unlock(&queue_handler_mutex);
 
                nfnl_unlock();
                return -EBUSY;
        }
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(subsys_table[n->subsys_id], n);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(subsys_table[n->subsys_id], n);
        nfnl_unlock();
 
        return 0;
        if (!nfnl)
                return -ENOMEM;
        net->nfnl_stash = nfnl;
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(net->nfnl, nfnl);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(net->nfnl, nfnl);
        return 0;
 }
 
 
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hsh_tbl->tbl[iter]);
 
        spin_lock(&netlbl_domhsh_lock);
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(netlbl_domhsh, hsh_tbl);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(netlbl_domhsh, hsh_tbl);
        spin_unlock(&netlbl_domhsh_lock);
 
        return 0;
                                    &rcu_dereference(netlbl_domhsh)->tbl[bkt]);
                } else {
                        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry->list);
-                       RCU_INIT_POINTER(netlbl_domhsh_def, entry);
+                       rcu_assign_pointer(netlbl_domhsh_def, entry);
                }
 
                if (entry->type == NETLBL_NLTYPE_ADDRSELECT) {
 
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iface->list);
                if (netlbl_unlhsh_rcu_deref(netlbl_unlhsh_def) != NULL)
                        goto add_iface_failure;
-               RCU_INIT_POINTER(netlbl_unlhsh_def, iface);
+               rcu_assign_pointer(netlbl_unlhsh_def, iface);
        }
        spin_unlock(&netlbl_unlhsh_lock);
 
        for (iter = 0; iter < hsh_tbl->size; iter++)
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hsh_tbl->tbl[iter]);
 
-       rcu_read_lock();
        spin_lock(&netlbl_unlhsh_lock);
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(netlbl_unlhsh, hsh_tbl);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(netlbl_unlhsh, hsh_tbl);
        spin_unlock(&netlbl_unlhsh_lock);
-       rcu_read_unlock();
 
        register_netdevice_notifier(&netlbl_unlhsh_netdev_notifier);
 
 
        if (proto_tab[protocol])
                err = -EBUSY;
        else
-               RCU_INIT_POINTER(proto_tab[protocol], pp);
+               rcu_assign_pointer(proto_tab[protocol], pp);
        mutex_unlock(&proto_tab_lock);
 
        return err;
 
        daddr = daddr >> 2;
        mutex_lock(&routes->lock);
        if (routes->table[daddr] == NULL) {
-               RCU_INIT_POINTER(routes->table[daddr], dev);
+               rcu_assign_pointer(routes->table[daddr], dev);
                dev_hold(dev);
                err = 0;
        }
 
        mutex_lock(&resource_mutex);
        if (pnres.sk[res] == NULL) {
                sock_hold(sk);
-               RCU_INIT_POINTER(pnres.sk[res], sk);
+               rcu_assign_pointer(pnres.sk[res], sk);
                ret = 0;
        }
        mutex_unlock(&resource_mutex);
 
                                      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);
 
        if (!test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW, &cred->cr_flags))
                return;
        gss_get_ctx(ctx);
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(gss_cred->gc_ctx, ctx);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(gss_cred->gc_ctx, ctx);
        set_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags);
        smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
        clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW, &cred->cr_flags);
 
        if (nlsk == NULL)
                return -ENOMEM;
        net->xfrm.nlsk_stash = nlsk; /* Don't set to NULL */
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(net->xfrm.nlsk, nlsk);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(net->xfrm.nlsk, nlsk);
        return 0;
 }