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[Bug translator/6932] c->busy can be removed from kprobe-based handlers


------- Additional Comments From mhiramat at redhat dot com  2008-11-13 00:46 -------
(In reply to comment #3)
> I would prefer to keep c->busy, since it also functions as a
> reentrancy-prevention mechanism, not just a shutdown-synchronization
> one.

By the way, for reentrancy-prevention, we don't need an atomic-operation,
because the reentrance always occurs on the same processor...

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