kernel.git/Documentation/core-api/refcount-vs-atomic.rst, branch linux-4.16.yHosts the 0x221E linux distro kernel.
https://git.0xinfinity.dev/distro/kernel.git/atom?h=linux-4.16.y2017-12-11T21:37:11Zdocs: refcount_t documentation2017-12-11T21:37:11ZElena Reshetova2017-12-05T10:46:35Zurn:sha1:b6e859f6cdd1686c021dcb3e18591d0b28ce8867
Some functions from refcount_t API provide different
memory ordering guarantees that their atomic counterparts.
This adds a document outlining these differences (
Documentation/core-api/refcount-vs-atomic.rst) as well as
some other minor improvements.
Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>