linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] md: raid5: use refcount_t for reference counting instead atomic

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Date:   Wed, 23 May 2018 14:36:15 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] md: raid5: use refcount_t for reference counting
 instead atomic_t

> Most changes are 1:1 replacements except for
> 	BUG_ON(atomic_inc_return(&sh->count) != 1);

That doesn't look right, 'inc_return == 1' implies inc-from-zero, which
is not allowed by refcount.

> which has been turned into
>         refcount_inc(&sh->count);
>         BUG_ON(refcount_read(&sh->count) != 1);

And that is racy, you can have additional increments in between.