Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mm,page_owner: Fix refcount imbalance

[Tetsuo Handa]

On 2024/03/20 8:24, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 19:32:11 +0100 Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> -static void dec_stack_record_count(depot_stack_handle_t handle)
>> +static void dec_stack_record_count(depot_stack_handle_t handle,
>> +				   int nr_base_pages)
>>  {
>>  	struct stack_record *stack_record = __stack_depot_get_stack_record(handle);
>>  
>>  	if (stack_record)
>> -		refcount_dec(&stack_record->count);
>> +		refcount_sub_and_test(nr_base_pages, &stack_record->count);
>>  }
> 
> mm/page_owner.c: In function 'dec_stack_record_count':
> mm/page_owner.c:226:17: error: ignoring return value of 'refcount_sub_and_test' declared with attribute 'warn_unused_result' [-Werror=unused-result]
>   226 |                 refcount_sub_and_test(nr_base_pages, &stack_record->count);
>       |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> 

Hmm, I guess that this is not an expected user of refcount API.
If it is correct behavior that refcount becomes 0 here, you need to explain like

-		refcount_sub_and_test(nr_base_pages, &stack_record->count);
+		if (refcount_sub_and_test(nr_base_pages, &stack_record->count)) {
+			// Explain why nothing to do here, and explain where/how
+			// refcount again becomes positive value using refcount_set().
+		}

or replace refcount_t with atomic_t where it is legal to make refcount positive
without using atomic_set().