linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: refcount

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Date:   Thu, 7 Dec 2017 10:58:55 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        david@...morbit.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: refcount_t documentation

On Tue,  5 Dec 2017 12:46:35 +0200
Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@...el.com> wrote:

> Some functions from refcount_t API provide different
> memory ordering guarantees that their atomic counterparts.
> This adds a document outlining these differences (
> Documentation/core-api/refcount-vs-atomic.rst) as well as
> some other minor improvements.

This seems generally good to me.  Did you want me to take it through the
docs tree (including the refcount.h change) or did you have some other
path in mind?

Thanks,

jon