linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] v3 block subsystem refcounter conversions

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:13:31 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@...el.com>,
        James Bottomley <james.bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Btrfs <linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Chris Mason <clm@...com>, Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] v3 block subsystem refcounter conversions

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 6:26 AM, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> wrote:
> On 06/27/2017 05:39 AM, Elena Reshetova wrote:
>> Changes in v3:
>> No changes in patches apart from trivial rebases, but now by
>> default refcount_t = atomic_t and uses all atomic standard operations
>> unless CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL is enabled. This is a compromize for the
>> systems that are critical on performance and cannot accept even
>> slight delay on the refcounter operations.
>
> Is that true in 4.12-rc, or is that true in a later release once
> Linus has pulled those changes in? If the latter, please resend
> this when those changes are in, thanks.

It's in -next currently ("locking/refcount: Create unchecked atomic_t
implementation")

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security