Re: [PATCH 04/21] Generic percpu refcounting

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On 05/13, Kent Overstreet wrote:
>
> +int percpu_ref_kill(struct percpu_ref *ref)
> +{
> +	unsigned __percpu *pcpu_count;
> +	unsigned __percpu *old;
> +	unsigned count = 0;
> +	int cpu;
> +
> +	pcpu_count = ACCESS_ONCE(ref->pcpu_count);
> +
> +	do {
> +		if (!pcpu_count)
> +			return 0;
> +
> +		old = pcpu_count;
> +		pcpu_count = cmpxchg(&ref->pcpu_count, old, NULL);
> +	} while (pcpu_count != old);

This is purely cosmetic, feel free to ignore. But afaics all we
need is

	pcpu_count = ACCESS_ONCE(ref->pcpu_count);
	if (!cmpxchg(&ref->pcpu_count, pcpu_count, NULL))
		return 0;

Oleg.

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