[Devel] Re: [ckrm-tech] [RFC][PATCH 2/7] UBC: core (structures, API)

[Balbir Singh]

> +
> +void __put_beancounter(struct user_beancounter *ub)
> +{
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +	struct user_beancounter *parent;
> +
> +again:
> +	parent = ub->parent;
> +	/* equevalent to atomic_dec_and_lock_irqsave() */
> +	local_irq_save(flags);
> +	if (likely(!atomic_dec_and_lock(&ub->ub_refcount, &ub_hash_lock))) {
> +		if (unlikely(atomic_read(&ub->ub_refcount) < 0))
> +			printk(KERN_ERR "UB: Bad ub refcount: ub=%p, "
> +					"luid=%d, ref=%d\n",
> +					ub, ub->ub_uid,
> +					atomic_read(&ub->ub_refcount));
> +		local_irq_restore(flags);
> +		return;

Minor comment - the printk (I think there is one other place) could come after 
the local_irq_restore()

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	Balbir Singh,
	Linux Technology Center,
	IBM Software Labs