linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] hwspinlock: Introduce refcount

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Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 11:32:45 -0700
From: Chris Lew <quic_clew@...cinc.com>
To: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@...aro.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] hwspinlock: Introduce refcount



On 5/17/2024 1:58 AM, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> On 17/05/2024 00:58, Chris Lew wrote:
>> +    unsigned int refcnt;
> 
> Why int and not refcount_t ?
> 
> Have you an argument for or against use of one over another ?
> 

I wanted to avoid the warning if you try to do a refcount_inc on 0. In 
this case, 0 means the the hwlock is unused but the hwlock should 
persist while waiting for another request. It seemed like refcount_t 
expected the associated object to be released once the count hit 0.

Also the count here is serialized by hwspinlock_tree_lock so the need 
for the atomicity provided by refcount_t was unneeded. Using unsigned 
int here seemed simpler.

> ---
> bod