linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] Introduce refcount_dec_and_lock

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Date:   Wed, 23 May 2018 15:01:25 +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 v2 0/8] Introduce refcount_dec_and_lock_irqsave()

On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 09:36:37PM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> This series is a v2 of the atomic_dec_and_lock_irqsave(). Now refcount_*
> is used instead of atomic_* as suggested by Peter Zijlstra.
> 
> Patch
> - 1-3 converts the user from atomic_* API to refcount_* API
> - 4 implements refcount_dec_and_lock_irqsave
> - 5-8 converts the local_irq_save() + refcount_dec_and_lock() users to
>   refcount_dec_and_lock_irqsave()
> 
> The whole series sits also at
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bigeasy/staging.git refcount_t_irqsave
> 

1-2, 4-6:

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>