tree 64fea6972561d5a8899c2da53646771e65507734
parent f405df5de3170c00e5c54f8b7cf4766044a032ba
author Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> 1479143179 +0100
committer Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> 1486713859 +0100

kref: Implement 'struct kref' using refcount_t

Use the refcount_t 'atomic' type to implement 'struct kref', this makes kref
more robust by bringing saturation semantics.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>