On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 10:45:09AM +0000, Reshetova, Elena wrote: > > +static inline __must_check bool refcount_add_not_zero(unsigned int i, > > + > > refcount_t *r) > > +{ > > + return atomic_add_return(i, &r->refs) != 0; > > +} > > Maybe atomic_add_unless(&r->refs, i, 0) in order to be consistent with the below inc_not_zero implementation? Yes, atomic_add_return() is strictly incorrect here since the add is unconditional. > > +static inline __must_check bool refcount_sub_and_test(unsigned int i, > > + > > refcount_t *r) > > +{ > > + return atomic_sub_return(i, &r->refs) == 0; > > +} > > Any reason for not using atomic_sub_and_test() here? > > +static inline __must_check bool refcount_dec_and_test(refcount_t *r) > > +{ > > + return atomic_dec_return(&r->refs) == 0; > > +} > > Same here: atomic_dec_and_test()? Both those are better because they return condition codes generated from the operand itself.