Re: [patch 3/3] use kref for bio

On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:11:02AM +0800, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> Use kref for reference counter of bio.
> This patch also removes BUG_ON() for freeing unreferenced bio.
> But kref can detect it if CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is enabled.
 
*Ugh*

Let's _not_.  It's extra overhead for no good reason.

Just in case: any kref conversion for
	* super_block
	* inode
	* dentry
	* file
is NAKed while we are at it.
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