linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH percpu/for-3.16 2/2] percpu-refcount: implement percpu_ref

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Message-ID: <20140509191238.GB4486@htj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Fri, 9 May 2014 15:12:38 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH percpu/for-3.16 2/2] percpu-refcount: implement
 percpu_ref_tryget()

On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 11:58:10AM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Implement percpu_ref_tryget() which fails if the refcnt already
> reached zero.  Note that this is different from the recently renamed
> percpu_ref_tryget_live() which fails if the refcnt has been killed and
> is draining the remaining references.  percpu_ref_tryget() succeeds on
> a killed refcnt as long as its current refcnt is above zero.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Cc: Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>

Applying 1-2 to percpu/for-3.16.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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