linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kref: prefer atomic_inc_not_zero to atomic_add

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Message-ID: <20161215085141.GA25906@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:51:41 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@...are.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kref: prefer atomic_inc_not_zero to atomic_add_unless

It's also way easier to read using atomic_inc_not_zero..

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

Not sure you're sending this to the right maintainers, though.  You
probably want to include Greg.