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linuxkpi: Fix `atomic_long_sub()` overflow
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Authored by dumbbell on Jan 16 2023, 7:53 PM.
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Summary

By (ab)using atomic_long_add_return(), atomic_long_sub() was making the atomic long overflow. Indeed the underlying FreeBSD atomic is based on an unsigned long.

This is part of the update of the DRM drivers to Linux 5.13.

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