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Subject: Re: [PATCH] percpu-refcount: relax limit on percpu_ref_reinit()
To: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
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Hi Ming

On 09/11/2018 04:20 PM, Ming Lei wrote:
> We only check the 'whole counting' at atomic mode, so it is the atomic
> part('ref->count'), please see percpu_ref_put_many(), in which ref->release()
> is only called at atomic mode.
> 
> At percpu mode, the ref-count is only decreased/increased on the local CPU.

Yes, I got it.
Thanks for your kindly response.

Sincerely
Jianchao