linux-kernel - Re: [patch v3 2/3] percpu_counter: fix code for 32bit systems for UP

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Message-ID: <1302749677.3549.26.camel@edumazet-laptop>
Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:54:37 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"tj@...nel.org" <tj@...nel.org>, "cl@...ux.com" <cl@...ux.com>
Subject: Re: [patch v3 2/3] percpu_counter: fix code for 32bit systems for
 UP

Le jeudi 14 avril 2011 à 10:44 +0800, Shaohua Li a écrit :
> that's true. I just want the code looks consistent and this doesn't
> really obfuscate the code to me.

Doing so gives a false sense of security to user.

percpu_counter_init() is unsafe by nature.



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