Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Tue, 7 Mar 2023 09:55:52 -0800 | Subject | Re: [patch V2 4/4] net: dst: Switch to rcuref_t reference counting |
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On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 4:57 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote: > > - atomic_t __refcnt; /* 64-bit offset 64 */ > + rcuref_t __refcnt; /* 64-bit offset 64 */
> - atomic_t __refcnt; /* 32-bit offset 64 */ > + rcuref_t __refcnt; /* 32-bit offset 64 */
I assume any mis-use is caught by typechecking, but I'd be even happier if you changed the name of the member when you fundamentally change the use model for it (eg "__refcnt" -> "__rcuref" or something).
Or was there some reason for not doing that?
Linus
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