Re: [PATCH 0/5] v2 mm subsystem refcounter conversions

From	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 0/5] v2 mm subsystem refcounter conversions
Date	2017-06-27 22:50 +0200
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On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 14:48:42 +0300 Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> wrote:

> No changes in patches apart from trivial rebases, but now by
> default refcount_t = atomic_t and uses all atomic standard operations
> unless CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL is enabled. This is a compromize for the
> systems that are critical on performance and cannot accept even
> slight delay on the refcounter operations.

OK, thanks - I'll save these up for consideration after the 4.12 release.

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[PATCH 0/5] v2 mm subsystem refcounter conversions Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-06-27 13:50 +0200
  [PATCH 5/5] mm: convert mm_struct.mm_count from atomic_t to refcount_t Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-06-27 14:00 +0200
  [PATCH 1/5] mm: convert bdi_writeback_congested.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-06-27 14:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/5] v2 mm subsystem refcounter conversions Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-06-27 22:50 +0200

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