linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 24/28] rcu: Introduce bulk reference count

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Message-ID: <1322505408.2921.157.camel@twins>
Date:	Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:36:48 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com,
	dipankar@...ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
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	eric.dumazet@...il.com, darren@...art.com, patches@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 24/28] rcu: Introduce bulk reference
 count

On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 10:31 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Nevertheless, when most people talk to me about explicit reference
> counters, they are thinking in terms of a reference counter within a
> structure protecting that structure.

Right and when I see bulk I think of exactly those but think +=,-=
instead of ++,--.

> > I just hate the name in that it totally obscures the fact that its
> > regular SRCU.
> 
> OK, what names would you suggest? 

How about nothing at all? Simply use the existing SRCU API?
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