linux-kernel - Re: [patch v3 1/3] percpu_counter: change return value and add comments

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Message-ID: <20110415034129.GB29512@mtj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:41:29 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	shaohua.li@...el.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	cl@...ux.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [patch v3 1/3] percpu_counter: change return value and add
 comments

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:04:48AM +0800, shaohua.li@...el.com wrote:
> the percpu_counter_*_positive() API in UP case doesn't check if return value is
> positive. Add comments to explain why we don't.
> Also if count < 0, returns 0 instead of 1 for *read_positive().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>

Applied to percpu#for-2.6.40 w/ Eric's Acked-by added.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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