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authorSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2013-05-28 14:38:42 -0400
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2013-05-28 22:47:13 -0400
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rcu: Add _notrace variation of rcu_dereference_raw() and hlist_for_each_entry_rcu()
As rcu_dereference_raw() under RCU debug config options can add quite a bit of checks, and that tracing uses rcu_dereference_raw(), these checks happen with the function tracer. The function tracer also happens to trace these debug checks too. This added overhead can livelock the system. Add a new interface to RCU for both rcu_dereference_raw_notrace() as well as hlist_for_each_entry_rcu_notrace() as the hlist iterator uses the rcu_dereference_raw() as well, and is used a bit with the function tracer. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130528184209.304356745@goodmis.org Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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