linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] kref: Implement using refcount

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Date:   Mon, 6 Feb 2017 14:06:23 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     elena.reshetova@...el.com, keescook@...omium.org, arnd@...db.de,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org, h.peter.anvin@...el.com,
        will.deacon@....com, dwindsor@...il.com, dhowells@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] kref: Implement using refcount_t

On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 02:26:00PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Use the refcount_t 'atomic' type to implement kref, this makes kref
> more robust by bringing saturation semantics.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>


Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>