From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH 14/35] svc: Change sk_inuse to a kref Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:12:10 +0100 Message-ID: <20071003111210.GA19381@infradead.org> References: <20071001191426.3250.15371.stgit@dell3.ogc.int> <20071001192801.3250.49751.stgit@dell3.ogc.int> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: neilb@suse.de, bfields@fieldses.org, nfs@lists.sourceforge.net, gnb@sgi.com To: Tom Tucker Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Id29D-00088I-81 for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:12:19 -0700 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1Id29H-0007w2-4C for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:12:16 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20071001192801.3250.49751.stgit@dell3.ogc.int> List-Id: "Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 02:28:01PM -0500, Tom Tucker wrote: > > Change the atomic_t reference count to a kref and move it to the > transport indepenent svc_xprt structure. Change the reference count > wrapper names to be generic. Why? krefs are a complete pain in the ass, and it's hard to avoid various races with them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs