linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/14] net: sched: change type of reference and bind counters

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Date:   Sun, 20 May 2018 13:55:59 +0300
From:   Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
To:     Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, jhs@...atatu.com,
        xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us, pablo@...filter.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/14] net: sched: change type of reference and bind counters


On Sat 19 May 2018 at 21:04, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 05:27:03PM +0300, Vlad Buslov wrote:
>> Change type of action reference counter to refcount_t.
>>
>> Change type of action bind counter to atomic_t.
>> This type is used to allow decrementing bind counter without testing
>> for 0 result.
>
> ... and in what does not testing for 0 result helps?
>
>   Marcelo

Atomic operations don't WARN in this case.