linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mkiss: Use refcount

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Message-Id: <20190808.175910.1475533249085755975.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 08 Aug 2019 17:59:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hslester96@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mkiss: Use refcount_t for refcount

From: Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@...il.com>
Date: Sat,  3 Aug 2019 00:48:21 +0800

> 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.

Applied to net-next.