linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] locking: type cleanup when accessing fast_read

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Date:	Wed, 20 May 2015 19:42:51 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] locking: type cleanup when accessing fast_read_ctr

On 05/19, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> So the value is unsigned by purpose; that said we should never cross the
> 2G I think, so it really doesn't matter much.

Yes, thanks, this is on purpose. Actually I was asked to make it "unsigned"
during the review, but I agree it looks better than "signed int" because
of overflows.

> That said; Oleg, should I post those patches implementing percpu-rwsem
> with the stuff we did for the hotplug lock a while back? I think I
> actually have those around somewhere.

Yes, this would be nice ;)

Oleg.

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