Re: [patch] Use kref for struct file.f_count refcounter

[Andrew Morton]

Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This patch makes use of the kref api for the 
>  struct file.f_count refcounter.  This depends
>  on the new kref apis kref_read and kref_put_last
>  added by means of my earlier patch today.

Sorry, but I can't really see how this improves anything.  It'll slow
things down infinitesimally and it forces the reader to look elsewhere in
the tree to see what's going on.

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