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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>