RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 2/2] ixgbe: Use refcount_t for refcount

[Bowers, AndrewX]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Chuhong Yuan
> Sent: Friday, August 2, 2019 3:55 AM
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@xxxxxxxxx>; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; David S . Miller
> <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 2/2] ixgbe: Use refcount_t for refcount
> 
> refcount_t is better for reference counters since its implementation can
> prevent overflows.
> So convert atomic_t ref counters to refcount_t.
> 
> Also convert refcount from 0-based to 1-based.
> 
> This patch depends on PATCH 1/2.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c | 6 +++---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.h | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@xxxxxxxxx>