David S. Miller 29fa060eab net: relax rtnl_dereference() ...

rtnl_dereference() is used in contexts where RTNL is held, to fetch an
RCU protected pointer.

Updates to this pointer are prevented by RTNL, so we dont need
smp_read_barrier_depends() and the ACCESS_ONCE() provided in
rcu_dereference_check().

rtnl_dereference() is mainly a macro to document the locking invariant.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

2010-10-05 00:29:48 -07:00

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