+/* spu_prof_running is a flag used to indicate if spu profiling is enabled
+ * or not. It is set by the routines start_spu_profiling_cycles() and
+ * start_spu_profiling_events(). The flag is cleared by the routines
+ * stop_spu_profiling_cycles() and stop_spu_profiling_events(). These
+ * routines are called via global_start() and global_stop() which are called in
+ * op_powerpc_start() and op_powerpc_stop(). These routines are called once
+ * per system as a result of the user starting/stopping oprofile. Hence, only
+ * one CPU per user at a time will be changing the value of spu_prof_running.
+ * In general, OProfile does not protect against multiple users trying to run
+ * OProfile at a time.
+ */