On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 5:43 PM Bowers, AndrewX <andrewx.bow...@intel.com> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-boun...@osuosl.org] On > > Behalf Of Chuhong Yuan > > Sent: Friday, August 2, 2019 3:55 AM > > Cc: net...@vger.kernel.org; Chuhong Yuan <hsleste...@gmail.com>; linux- > > ker...@vger.kernel.org; intel-wired-...@lists.osuosl.org; David S . Miller > > <da...@davemloft.net> > > Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 2/2] ixgbe: Use refcount_t for refcount > > > > refcount_t is better for reference counters since its implementation can > > prevent overflows. > > So convert atomic_t ref counters to refcount_t. > > > > Also convert refcount from 0-based to 1-based. > > > > This patch depends on PATCH 1/2. > > > > Signed-off-by: Chuhong Yuan <hsleste...@gmail.com> > > --- > > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c | 6 +++--- > > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.h | 2 +- > > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bow...@intel.com>
To reiterate, this patchset should not be applied as is. It is not correct to simply change the initial refcount.
