Re: [PATCH 3/8] md: raid5: use refcount_t for reference counting instead atomic_t

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> Most changes are 1:1 replacements except for
> 	BUG_ON(atomic_inc_return(&sh->count) != 1);

That doesn't look right, 'inc_return == 1' implies inc-from-zero, which
is not allowed by refcount.

> which has been turned into
>         refcount_inc(&sh->count);
>         BUG_ON(refcount_read(&sh->count) != 1);

And that is racy, you can have additional increments in between.




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