On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 11:46 AM Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Sorry about that. I thought that this code is not needed when switching > from int to refcount_t. I was wrong. Well, you _may_ be right. I personally didn't check how the return value is used. I only reacted to "it certainly _may_ be used, and there is absolutely no comment anywhere about why it wouldn't matter". Linus