linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 10/16] refcount: introduce __refcount_{add|inc}_not_zero

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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 17:33:58 -0800
From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 10/16] refcount: introduce __refcount_{add|inc}_not_zero_limited

On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz> wrote:
>
> On 1/9/25 3:30 AM, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> > Introduce functions to increase refcount but with a top limit above which
> > they will fail to increase (the limit is inclusive). Setting the limit to
> > INT_MAX indicates no limit.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
>
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>

Thanks Vlastimil!
Since per David's suggestion in v7 I'll be adding a new static check
in this patch, I won't add your Acked-by in v9 until you have a chance
to look at it again.

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