netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v2 2/2] page_pool: remove hold/release count from tracepoints

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Message-ID: <9940A2D8-3B91-43D1-9381-C28C0151F4B7@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Nov 2019 13:56:14 -0800
From:   "Jonathan Lemon" <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>
To:     "Jesper Dangaard Brouer" <brouer@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kernel-team@...com,
        ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2 2/2] page_pool: remove hold/release count from
 tracepoints

On 14 Nov 2019, at 13:07, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> I will prefer that you do an atomic_inc_return, and send the cnt to the
> existing tracepoint.  I'm not dereferencing the pool in my tracepoint
> use-case, and as Alexei wrote, this would still be 'safe' (as in not
> crashing) for a tracepoint if someone do.

Okay, will make that change, and send out a revision.
-- 
Jonathan