linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 04/12] mm: introduce page_ref_sub

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Date:   Fri, 7 Feb 2020 16:18:06 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 04/12] mm: introduce page_ref_sub_return()

On Thu, Feb 06, 2020 at 07:37:27PM -0800, John Hubbard wrote:
> An upcoming patch requires subtracting a large chunk of refcounts from
> a page, and checking what the resulting refcount is. This is a little
> different than the usual "check for zero refcount" that many of the
> page ref functions already do. However, it is similar to a few other
> routines that (like this one) are generally useful for things such as
> 1-based refcounting.
> 
> Add page_ref_sub_return(), that subtracts a chunk of refcounts
> atomically, and returns an atomic snapshot of the result.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov