[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>I believe that the entire refcount debugging model was built around
>ensuring that a thread that takes the ref also releases the ref
>before it exits. This cannot be done for long-lived refs e.g.,
>the ones taken for ire->ire_nce (hence we have ugly macros like
>NCE_REFHOLD_TO_REFHOLD_NOTR).
>
>  
>
yes, that is right.

>I'm not sure how Jim's design changes that basic assumption behind
>the trace_refs.
>  
>
no, it doesn't.

thirumalai

>--sowmini
>  
>

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