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Commit 12bcbe66 authored by Steven Rostedt's avatar Steven Rostedt
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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: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
parent 6721cb60
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