Re: [PATCH] md/raid5-ppl: convert pending_flushes from atomic_t to refcount_t

Dan Carpenter <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:38:44 +0300
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.linux-kernel-mentees,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-raid
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 04:58:55PM +0530, Sajal Gupta wrote:
> > Heh.  Yeah...  There is not a chance I would merge a patch like this
> > without testing.
> 
> > It also really feels like an AI patch and you're supposed to say when you
> > use AI to generate patches.
> 
> I wrote the code myself. I did use Grammarly to help with my grammar and
> phrasing.
> 
> I'll send a v2 with just the break fix.

Thanks.

You're right that calling atomic_dec() in a loop seems pretty suspect
as a design...  But cleaning it up is risky as well.

regards,
dan carpenter