RE: [PATCH 1/3] perf: convert perf_event_context.refcount to refcount_t

[Reshetova, Elena]

> On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 02:27:26PM +0200, Elena Reshetova wrote:
> > diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> > index 3cd13a3..a1e87d2 100644
> > --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> > +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> > @@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ static void perf_event_ctx_deactivate(struct
> perf_event_context *ctx)
> >
> >  static void get_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
> >  {
> > -	WARN_ON(!atomic_inc_not_zero(&ctx->refcount));
> > +	WARN_ON(!refcount_inc_not_zero(&ctx->refcount));
> 
> This could be refcount_inc(), remember how that already produces a WARN
> when we try and increment 0.

But is this true for the x86 arch-specific implementation also?