This series is a v2 of the atomic_dec_and_lock_irqsave(). Now refcount_* is used instead of atomic_* as suggested by Peter Zijlstra. Patch - 1-3 converts the user from atomic_* API to refcount_* API - 4 implements refcount_dec_and_lock_irqsave - 5-8 converts the local_irq_save() + refcount_dec_and_lock() users to refcount_dec_and_lock_irqsave() The whole series sits also at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bigeasy/staging.git refcount_t_irqsave Sebastian
