It seems like it's a leftover from commit 4104d326 ("ftrace:
Remove global function list and call function directly").  As it
isn't updated at all, checking its value is meaningless.

Let's get rid of it.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/p/1402584972-17824-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>