Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] tty: serial: dz: convert atomic_* to refcount_* APIs for irq_guard

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>]

On 26. 12. 22, 7:21, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> The refcount_* APIs are designed to address known issues with the
> atomic_t APIs for reference counting. They provide following distinct
> advantages:
>     - protect the reference counters from overflow/underflow
>     - avoid use-after-free errors
>     - provide improved memory ordering guarantee schemes
>     - neater and safer.
> Hence, replace the atomic_* APIs by their equivalent refcount_t
> API functions.
> 
> This patch proposal address the following warnings generated by
> the atomic_as_refcounter.cocci coccinelle script
> atomic_add_return(-1, ...)
...
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/dz.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/dz.c
...
> @@ -400,18 +399,16 @@ static int dz_startup(struct uart_port *uport)
>   	struct dz_port *dport = to_dport(uport);
>   	struct dz_mux *mux = dport->mux;
>   	unsigned long flags;
> -	int irq_guard;
>   	int ret;
>   	u16 tmp;
> 
> -	irq_guard = atomic_add_return(1, &mux->irq_guard);
> -	if (irq_guard != 1)
> +	refcount_inc(&mux->irq_guard);
> +	if (refcount_read(&mux->irq_guard) != 1)
>   		return 0;
> 
> -	ret = request_irq(dport->port.irq, dz_interrupt,
> -			  IRQF_SHARED, "dz", mux);
> +	ret = request_irq(dport->port.irq, dz_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED, "dz", mux);

How is this related to the above described change?

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js
suse labs