On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 02:44:31PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> -- Addressed Kees's and Joel's comments:
>1. Removed dec_return interfaces (Patch 1/11)
>2. Removed counter_simple interfaces to be added later with changes
> to drivers that use them (if any) (Patch 1/11)
>3. Comment
This patch series is a result of discussion at the refcount_t BOF
the Linux Plumbers Conference. In this discussion, we identified
a need for looking closely and investigating atomic_t usages in
the kernel when it is used strictly as a counter without it
controlling object lifetimes and state chang