Re: [patch V2 4/4] net: dst: Switch to rcuref_t reference counting

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 4:57 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> -       atomic_t                __refcnt;       /* 64-bit offset 64 */
> +       rcuref_t                __refcnt;       /* 64-bit offset 64 */

> -       atomic_t                __refcnt;       /* 32-bit offset 64 */
> +       rcuref_t                __refcnt;       /* 32-bit offset 64 */

I assume any mis-use is caught by typechecking, but I'd be even
happier if you changed the name of the member when you fundamentally
change the use model for it (eg "__refcnt" -> "__rcuref" or
something).

Or was there some reason for not doing that?

          Linus