linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: refcount

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Date:   Mon, 11 Dec 2017 14:42:21 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        david@...morbit.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: refcount_t documentation

On Tue,  5 Dec 2017 12:46:35 +0200
Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@...el.com> wrote:

> Some functions from refcount_t API provide different
> memory ordering guarantees that their atomic counterparts.
> This adds a document outlining these differences (
> Documentation/core-api/refcount-vs-atomic.rst) as well as
> some other minor improvements.

I've applied this, thanks, it looks good.

One thing I noticed, though, is that this landed in the core-api manual,
while the refcount_t documentation is in the driver-api manual.  The
cross-references work just fine and such, but this still doesn't seem quite
right.  Probably what should be done is to have all the refcount_t
material in core-api; I may do that if I get a moment.

Thanks,

jon