> void kref_get(struct kref *kref) > { > WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&kref->refcount)); > atomic_inc(&kref->refcount); > smp_mb__after_atomic_inc(); > } > > which causes havoc when you are trying to keep a list of unreferenced > objects. That's all I'm trying to avoid. You cannot have a list of unreferenced objects, the list itself is a set of references. You might want something to scavenge objects whose refcount is the list only but thats not quite the same thing, and kref's are quite happy if used that way. Alan _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel