Re: [PATCH 23/33] generic dynamic per cpu refcounting

From: Theodore Ts'o
Date: Mon Apr 15 2013 - 21:41:41 EST


On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:36:00PM -0700, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> It would be nice if we had unsigned atomic types... but given that we
> don't and I'm pretty sure overflow in atomic types happens all over the
> place that part honestly seems fine to me...
>
> That said, I suppose a comment indicating that it is intentionally
> overflowing is probably merited. Ted, Andrew, is this acceptable to you?

Seems reasonable to me, thanks.

- Ted
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