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Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 17:41:09 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@...el.com>
Cc: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, keescook@...omium.org,
arnd@...db.de, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
h.peter.anvin@...el.com, peterz@...radead.org, will.deacon@....com,
dwindsor@...il.com, ishkamiel@...il.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/19] Since we need to change the implementation,
stop exposing internals. Provide kref_read() to read the current reference
count; typically used for debug messages.
On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 08:55:53AM +0200, Elena Reshetova wrote:
> Kills two anti-patterns:
>
> atomic_read(&kref->refcount)
> kref->refcount.counter
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
If you are going to send patches out, do it right, with a correct
subject, your signed-off-by: added, and the rest. Otherwise it just
makes some of us cringe when we have to read these...
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