srcu_dereference_notrace(9)

🎀 srcu_dereference_notrace(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for srcu_dereference_notrace, and the vibe is extremely clear: no tracing and no lockdep calls from here. That’s the whole assignment. It ate. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

srcu_dereference_notrace — no tracing and no lockdep calls from here.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

srcu_dereference_notrace (p , ssp );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• p — the pointer to fetch and protect for later dereferencing. Literally the pointer bestie, getting fetched and kept safe for later. 🫶
• ssp — pointer to the srcu_struct, which is used to check that we really are in an SRCU read-side critical section. Yes, it’s doing a little “are you actually where you say you are?” check. 💖

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

Kernel file ./include/linux/srcu.h, plus the whole bestie lineup:

• get_completed_synchronize_srcu(9)
• same_state_synchronize_srcu(9)
• srcu_read_lock_held(9)
• srcu_dereference_check(9)
• srcu_dereference(9)
• srcu_read_lock(9)
• srcu_read_lock_fast(9)
• srcu_read_lock_fast_updown(9)
• srcu_down_read_fast(9)
• srcu_read_lock_nmisafe(9)
• srcu_down_read(9)
• srcu_read_unlock(9)
• srcu_read_unlock_fast(9)
• srcu_read_unlock_fast_updown(9)
• srcu_up_read_fast(9)
• srcu_read_unlock_nmisafe(9)
• srcu_up_read(9)
• smp_mb__after_srcu_read_unlock(9)
• smp_mb__after_srcu_read_lock(9)

okay that’s the page, bestie 🫶 this one comes from the kernel file ./include/linux/srcu.h, lives under ./include/linux, is dated October 2026, and answers to srcu_dereference_notrace(9). mwah 💋✨