From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH 14/35] svc: Change sk_inuse to a kref
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 10:45:17 -0400
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On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 12:12:10PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 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.

So kref's are deprecated now?  What's the deal?  Is there a pointer to
discussion somewhere?

--b.

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