linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/7] freelist: Lock less freelist

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Message-ID: <20200827163755.GK1362448@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Thu, 27 Aug 2020 18:37:55 +0200
From:   peterz@...radead.org
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mhiramat@...nel.org
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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/7] freelist: Lock less freelist

On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 06:12:43PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> +struct freelist_node {
> +	atomic_t		refs;
> +	struct freelist_node	*next;
> +};

Bah, the next patch relies on this structure to be ordered the other
way around.

Clearly writing code and listening to talks isn't ideal :-)