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Message-ID: <tip-3f379b03fbfddd20536389a85c6456f8233d1f8d@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:38:18 GMT
From:	"tip-bot for Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
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	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com, fweisbec@...il.com,
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Subject: [tip:core/urgent] ftrace: Replace read_barrier_depends() with rcu_dereference_raw()

Commit-ID:  3f379b03fbfddd20536389a85c6456f8233d1f8d
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/3f379b03fbfddd20536389a85c6456f8233d1f8d
Author:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:03:25 -0800
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:38:01 +0100

ftrace: Replace read_barrier_depends() with rcu_dereference_raw()

Replace the calls to read_barrier_depends() in
ftrace_list_func() with rcu_dereference_raw() to improve
readability.  The reason that we use rcu_dereference_raw() here
is that removed entries are never freed, instead they are simply
leaked.  This is one of a very few cases where use of
rcu_dereference_raw() is the long-term right answer.  And I
don't yet know of any others.  ;-)

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: laijs@...fujitsu.com
Cc: dipankar@...ibm.com
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca
Cc: josh@...htriplett.org
Cc: dvhltc@...ibm.com
Cc: niv@...ibm.com
Cc: peterz@...radead.org
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc: dhowells@...hat.com
LKML-Reference: <1267830207-9474-1-git-send-email-paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c |   22 +++++++++++++---------
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 8378357..8c5adc0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/hash.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
 
@@ -88,18 +89,22 @@ ftrace_func_t ftrace_pid_function __read_mostly = ftrace_stub;
 static int ftrace_set_func(unsigned long *array, int *idx, char *buffer);
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Traverse the ftrace_list, invoking all entries.  The reason that we
+ * can use rcu_dereference_raw() is that elements removed from this list
+ * are simply leaked, so there is no need to interact with a grace-period
+ * mechanism.  The rcu_dereference_raw() calls are needed to handle
+ * concurrent insertions into the ftrace_list.
+ *
+ * Silly Alpha and silly pointer-speculation compiler optimizations!
+ */
 static void ftrace_list_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip)
 {
-	struct ftrace_ops *op = ftrace_list;
-
-	/* in case someone actually ports this to alpha! */
-	read_barrier_depends();
+	struct ftrace_ops *op = rcu_dereference_raw(ftrace_list); /*see above*/
 
 	while (op != &ftrace_list_end) {
-		/* silly alpha */
-		read_barrier_depends();
 		op->func(ip, parent_ip);
-		op = op->next;
+		op = rcu_dereference_raw(op->next); /*see above*/
 	};
 }
 
@@ -154,8 +159,7 @@ static int __register_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 	 * the ops->next pointer is valid before another CPU sees
 	 * the ops pointer included into the ftrace_list.
 	 */
-	smp_wmb();
-	ftrace_list = ops;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(ftrace_list, ops);
 
 	if (ftrace_enabled) {
 		ftrace_func_t func;
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