Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  locking: Make sparse work with inline spinlocks and rwlocks
  x86/mce: Fix RCU lockdep splats
  rcu: Increase RCU CPU stall timeouts if PROVE_RCU
  ftrace: Replace read_barrier_depends() with rcu_dereference_raw()
  rcu: Suppress RCU lockdep warnings during early boot
  rcu, ftrace: Fix RCU lockdep splat in ftrace_perf_buf_prepare()
  rcu: Suppress __mpol_dup() false positive from RCU lockdep
  rcu: Make rcu_read_lock_sched_held() handle !PREEMPT
  rcu: Add control variables to lockdep_rcu_dereference() diagnostics
  rcu, cgroup: Relax the check in task_subsys_state() as early boot is now handled by lockdep-RCU
  rcu: Use wrapper function instead of exporting tasklist_lock
  sched, rcu: Fix rcu_dereference() for RCU-lockdep
  rcu: Make task_subsys_state() RCU-lockdep checks handle boot-time use
  rcu: Fix holdoff for accelerated GPs for last non-dynticked CPU
  x86/gart: Unexport gart_iommu_aperture

Fix trivial conflicts in kernel/trace/ftrace.c

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;