Re: [PATCH v5 04/12] mm: introduce page_ref_sub_return()

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On Thu, Feb 06, 2020 at 07:37:27PM -0800, John Hubbard wrote:
> An upcoming patch requires subtracting a large chunk of refcounts from
> a page, and checking what the resulting refcount is. This is a little
> different than the usual "check for zero refcount" that many of the
> page ref functions already do. However, it is similar to a few other
> routines that (like this one) are generally useful for things such as
> 1-based refcounting.
> 
> Add page_ref_sub_return(), that subtracts a chunk of refcounts
> atomically, and returns an atomic snapshot of the result.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov



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