netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Use refcount

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Date:   Sun, 4 Aug 2019 22:58:19 +0800
From:   Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@...il.com>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Use refcount_t for refcount

On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 8:48 PM Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 08:10:35PM +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.
>
> You can't do it, because you need to ensure that driver compiles and
> works between patches. By converting driver.h alone to refcount_t, you
> simply broke mlx5 driver.
>

It is my fault... I am not clear how to send patches which cross
several subsystems, so I sent them in series.
Maybe I should merge these patches together?


> NAK, to be clear.
>
> And please don't sent series of patches as standalone patches.
>

Due to the reason mentioned above, I sent them seperately.

> Thanks,