Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: rename _count, field of the struct page, to _refcount

From	Joonsoo Kim <js1304@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: rename _count, field of the struct page, to _refcount
Date	2016-03-28 08:10 +0200
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2016-03-28 14:59 GMT+09:00  <js1304@gmail.com>:
> From: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
>
> Many developer already know that field for reference count of
> the struct page is _count and atomic type. They would try to handle it
> directly and this could break the purpose of page reference count
> tracepoint. To prevent direct _count modification, this patch rename it
> to _refcount and add warning message on the code. After that, developer
> who need to handle reference count will find that field should not be
> accessed directly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>

Oops. This patch needs more change. Please ignore this patchset.
I will resend it soon.

Thanks.

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[PATCH 1/2] mm/page_ref: use page_ref helper instead of direct modification of _count js1304@gmail.com - 2016-03-28 08:00 +0200
  [PATCH 2/2] mm: rename _count, field of the struct page, to _refcount js1304@gmail.com - 2016-03-28 08:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: rename _count, field of the struct page, to  _refcount kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com> - 2016-03-28 08:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: rename _count, field of the struct page, to _refcount Joonsoo Kim <js1304@gmail.com> - 2016-03-28 08:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: rename _count, field of the struct page, to _refcount Joonsoo Kim <js1304@gmail.com> - 2016-03-28 08:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: rename _count, field of the struct page, to  _refcount kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com> - 2016-03-28 08:20 +0200

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