Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754769Ab2K2Uyu (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:54:50 -0500 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:32866 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751689Ab2K2Uyt (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:54:49 -0500 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:54:47 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: Kent Overstreet Cc: Andi Kleen , Benjamin LaHaise , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-aio@kvack.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, zab@redhat.com, jmoyer@redhat.com, axboe@kernel.dk, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH 22/25] Generic dynamic per cpu refcounting Message-ID: <20121129205447.GY16230@one.firstfloor.org> References: <20121129185720.GE15094@google.com> <20121129185953.GW16230@one.firstfloor.org> <20121129191214.GG15094@google.com> <20121129192003.GX16230@one.firstfloor.org> <20121129192925.GH15094@google.com> <20121129193452.GI19042@kvack.org> <20121129202231.GJ15094@google.com> <20121129204531.GK15094@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121129204531.GK15094@google.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 639 Lines: 20 > > The regular atomic_t is limited in ways that you are not. > > See my original mail. > > I don't follow, can you explain? For most cases the reference count is tied to some object, which are naturally limited by memory size or other physical resources. But in the assymetric CPU case with your ref count no such limiter exists. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/