Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 24/28] rcu: Introduce bulk reference count | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:36:48 +0100 |
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On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 10:31 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > Nevertheless, when most people talk to me about explicit reference > counters, they are thinking in terms of a reference counter within a > structure protecting that structure.
Right and when I see bulk I think of exactly those but think +=,-= instead of ++,--.
> > I just hate the name in that it totally obscures the fact that its > > regular SRCU. > > OK, what names would you suggest?
How about nothing at all? Simply use the existing SRCU API?
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