linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] v2: block subsystem refcounter conversions

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Date:   Fri, 21 Apr 2017 03:56:54 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] v2: block subsystem refcounter conversions

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 11:33:19AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> Like I suggested months ago, how about doing an efficient implementation of
> refcount_t which doesn't use the bloated cmpxchg loop?  Then there would be no
> need for endless performance arguments.  In fact, in PaX there are already
> example implementations for several architectures.  It's unfortunate that
> they're still being ignored for some reason.

Yes.  I will also NAK other conversions until this is done, which is a
bit sad as the recount_t API itself is very useful.