> > The regular atomic_t is limited in ways that you are not. > > See my original mail. > > I don't follow, can you explain?
For most cases the reference count is tied to some object, which are naturally limited by memory size or other physical resources. But in the assymetric CPU case with your ref count no such limiter exists. -Andi -- a...@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
