Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] kref: add kref_test_and_get

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 04:02:17PM +0100, Jerome Marchand wrote:
> 
> Add kref_test_and_get() function, which atomically add a reference only if
> refcount is not zero. This prevent to add a reference to an object that is
> already being removed.

Again, no, I do not like this and will not accept this, sorry.

Please read the kref documentation for how to properly handle this,
without this function.

greg k-h
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