linux-kernel - 2.6.25-rc2-mm1: new create_proc

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Date:	Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:50:50 +0300
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mike.miller@...com, alexn@....su.se,
	dwalker@...sta.com
Subject: 2.6.25-rc2-mm1: new create_proc_entry() users

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Guys, create_proc_entry() is slightly racy in case of modular code and
proc_create() was invented to fix it. Eventually all create_proc_entry()
users will be converted to proc_create(), so please do it for new code.
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