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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] ftrace: Remove a superfluous check
    Yo Steve,

    want to pick this one up? It still applies cleanly to current linus.

    Thanks.

    On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 07:11:40PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
    > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 07:03:23PM +0200, John Kacur wrote:
    > > If you're going to do this, then you can drop the label too.
    >
    > Jahaa... thanks.
    >
    > Here's an updated patch:
    >
    > --
    > From 135c25a609739bbdf1c33e62119517b47f0e1d07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
    > From: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
    > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:41:15 +0200
    > Subject: [PATCH] ftrace: Remove a superfluous check
    >
    > register_ftrace_function() checks ftrace_disabled and calls
    > __register_ftrace_function which does it again.
    >
    > Drop the first check and add the unlikely hint to the second one. Also,
    > drop the label as John correctly notices.
    >
    > No functional change.
    >
    > Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
    > Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
    > ---
    > kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 8 ++------
    > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
    >
    > diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
    > index 867bd1dd2dd0..0df8f8088ffe 100644
    > --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
    > +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
    > @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static int remove_ftrace_list_ops(struct ftrace_ops **list,
    >
    > static int __register_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
    > {
    > - if (ftrace_disabled)
    > + if (unlikely(ftrace_disabled))
    > return -ENODEV;
    >
    > if (FTRACE_WARN_ON(ops == &global_ops))
    > @@ -4304,16 +4304,12 @@ int register_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
    >
    > mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
    >
    > - if (unlikely(ftrace_disabled))
    > - goto out_unlock;
    > -
    > ret = __register_ftrace_function(ops);
    > if (!ret)
    > ret = ftrace_startup(ops, 0);
    >
    > -
    > - out_unlock:
    > mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
    > +
    > return ret;
    > }
    > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_ftrace_function);
    > --
    > 1.7.9.3.362.g71319

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    Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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