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    ftrace: Replace read_barrier_depends() with rcu_dereference_raw() · 3f379b03
    Paul E. McKenney authored
    
    
    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: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
    Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
    Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com
    Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com
    Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca
    Cc: josh@joshtriplett.org
    Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com
    Cc: niv@us.ibm.com
    Cc: peterz@infradead.org
    Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
    Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
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    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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