Re: [PATCH 0/5] v3 block subsystem refcounter conversions

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Tue Jun 27 2017 - 09:27:09 EST


On 06/27/2017 05:39 AM, Elena Reshetova wrote:
> Changes in v3:
> No changes in patches apart from trivial rebases, but now by
> default refcount_t = atomic_t and uses all atomic standard operations
> unless CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL is enabled. This is a compromize for the
> systems that are critical on performance and cannot accept even
> slight delay on the refcounter operations.

Is that true in 4.12-rc, or is that true in a later release once
Linus has pulled those changes in? If the latter, please resend
this when those changes are in, thanks.

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Jens Axboe