Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Nov 2020 21:41:40 +0100 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/13] seqnum_ops: Introduce Sequence Number Ops |
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On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 12:53:27PM -0700, Shuah Khan wrote: > +Decrement interface > +------------------- > + > +Decrements sequence number and doesn't return the new value. :: > + > + seqnum32_dec() --> atomic_dec() > + seqnum64_dec() --> atomic64_dec()
Why would you need to decrement a sequence number? Shouldn't they just always go up?
I see you use them in your patch 12/13, but I don't think that really is a sequence number there, but rather just some other odd value :)
thanks,
greg k-h
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