linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net/mlx5e: Use refcount

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Date:   Tue, 06 Aug 2019 13:48:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     saeedm@...lanox.com
Cc:     hslester96@...il.com, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, leon@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/mlx5e: Use refcount_t for refcount

From: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 20:42:56 +0000

> On Sat, 2019-08-03 at 00:48 +0800, Chuhong Yuan wrote:
>> refcount_t is better for reference counters since its
>> implementation can prevent overflows.
>> So convert atomic_t ref counters to refcount_t.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@...il.com>
>> ---
>> Changes in v2:
>>   - Add #include.
>> 
> 
> Acked-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
> 
> Dave, up to you take it, or leave it to me :).

Please take it, thank you.