Re: [PATCH] docs: refcount_t documentation
From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Dec 07 2017 - 13:00:08 EST
On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 9:58 AM, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 12:46:35 +0200
> Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Some functions from refcount_t API provide different
>> memory ordering guarantees that their atomic counterparts.
>> This adds a document outlining these differences (
>> Documentation/core-api/refcount-vs-atomic.rst) as well as
>> some other minor improvements.
>
> This seems generally good to me. Did you want me to take it through the
> docs tree (including the refcount.h change) or did you have some other
> path in mind?
FWIW, I had assumed this would go via the docs tree.
-Kees
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Kees Cook
Pixel Security