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    SubjectRE: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t
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    >Provide refcount_t, an atomic_t like primitive built just for refcounting.
    >It provides overflow and underflow checks as well as saturation semantics such that when it overflows, we'll never attempt to free it again, ever.

    >Peter do you have the changes to the refcount_t interface compare to the version in this patch?
    >We are now starting working on atomic_t --> refcount_t conversions and it would save a bit of work to have latest version from you that we can be based upon.

    Oh, and if we define refcount_t to be just atomic_t underneath, what about the other atomic_long_t, local_t and atomic64_t cases when it is used for recounting?
    I don't feel good just simply changing them to become atomic_t under refcount_t wrapper.....

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