netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/3] kref: add kref_sub

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Date:	Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:25:48 -0500
From:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, mst@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jasowang@...hat.com,
	virtio-dev@...ts.oasis-open.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	qinchuanyu@...wei.com, anatol.pomozov@...il.com,
	nab@...ux-iscsi.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/3] kref: add kref_sub_return

On Wed, 12 February 2014 19:06:37 -0500, David Miller wrote:
> 
> It isn't being used to determine when to destroy things.
> 
> They use it to as a heuristic of when to trigger polling.
> 
> Each ubuf attached gets a kref to the higher level virtio_net buffer
> holding object, they want to trigger polling when that reference drops
> to 1 or lower.
> 
> Right now they are reading the atomic refcount directly, which
> I think is much worse than this helper.

I disagree.  Reading the refcount directly is leaving noone under any
illusion that this might be a good idea.

Jörn

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