Re: [PATCH 22/25] Generic dynamic per cpu refcounting

[Andi Kleen]

> > The regular atomic_t is limited in ways that you are not.
> > See my original mail.
> 
> I don't follow, can you explain?

For most cases the reference count is tied to some object, which are
naturally limited by memory size or other physical resources.

But in the assymetric CPU case with your ref count no such limiter
exists.


-Andi
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