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Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2019 15:52:49 +0300 From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org> To: Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@...il.com> Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Use refcount_t for refcount On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 01:23:34AM +0800, Chuhong Yuan wrote: > Reference counters are preferred to use refcount_t instead of > atomic_t. > This is because the implementation of refcount_t can prevent > overflows and detect possible use-after-free. > > First convert the refcount field to refcount_t in mlx5/driver.h. > Then convert the uses to refcount_() APIs. > > Changelog: > > v1 -> v2: > - Add #include in include/linux/mlx5/driver.h. The same NAK as for version v0. Thanks
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