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this purpose.
#. It is not necessary to use rcu_assign_pointer() when creating
linked structures that are to be published via a single external
- pointer. The RCU_INIT_POINTER() macro is provided for this task
- and also for assigning ``NULL`` pointers at runtime.
+ pointer. The RCU_INIT_POINTER() macro is provided for this task.
This not a hard-and-fast list: RCU's diagnostic capabilities will
continue to be guided by the number and type of usage bugs found in