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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/ftrace.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | 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 bb53edbb5c8c..d9062f5cc0c0 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> @@ -84,18 +85,22 @@ ftrace_func_t ftrace_trace_function __read_mostly = ftrace_stub; ftrace_func_t __ftrace_trace_function __read_mostly = ftrace_stub; ftrace_func_t ftrace_pid_function __read_mostly = ftrace_stub; +/* + * 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*/ }; } @@ -150,8 +155,7 @@ 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; |