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Instead of using a bare atomic, use the refcount_t type, which despite
being a structure that contains only an atomic, has an API that checks
for underflows and other hazards. This doesn't change the size of the
extent_buffer structure.
This removes the need to do things like this:
WARN_ON(atomic_read(&eb->refs) == 0);
if (atomic_dec_and_test(&eb->refs)) {
(...)
}
And do just:
if (refcount_dec_and_test(&eb->refs)) {
(...)
}
Since refcount_dec_and_test() already triggers a warning when we decrement
a ref count that has a value of 0 (or below zero).
Reviewed-by: Boris Burkov <boris@bur.io>
Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Linux kernel
============
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Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.