From: Benjamin Block <bblock@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
Cc: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
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Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/29] drivers, s390: convert fc_fcp_pkt.ref_cnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 17:54:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170306165444.GC7420@bblock-ThinkPad-W530> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <536a58ba-8896-5639-cab9-bd2f13bed325@suse.de>
On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 04:27:11PM +0100, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> On 03/06/2017 03:21 PM, Elena Reshetova wrote:
> > refcount_t type and corresponding API should be
> > used instead of atomic_t when the variable is used as
> > a reference counter. This allows to avoid accidental
> > refcounter overflows that might lead to use-after-free
> > situations.
>
> The subject is wrong, should be something like "scsi: libfc convert
> fc_fcp_pkt.ref_cnt from atomic_t to refcount_t" but not s390.
>
Yes please, I was extremely confused for a moment here.
Beste Grüße / Best regards,
- Benjamin Block
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Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-06 14:20 [PATCH 00/29] drivers, mics refcount conversions Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:20 ` [PATCH 01/29] drivers, block: convert xen_blkif.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:20 ` [PATCH 02/29] drivers, firewire: convert fw_node.ref_count " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:20 ` [PATCH 03/29] drivers, char: convert vma_data.refcnt " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:20 ` [PATCH 04/29] drivers, connector: convert cn_callback_entry.refcnt " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:20 ` [PATCH 05/29] drivers, md, bcache: convert cached_dev.count " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:20 ` [PATCH 06/29] drivers, md: convert dm_cache_metadata.ref_count " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:20 ` [PATCH 07/29] drivers, md: convert dm_dev_internal.count " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:20 ` [PATCH 08/29] drivers, md: convert mddev.active " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-07 19:04 ` Shaohua Li
2017-03-08 9:42 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-03-08 10:19 ` gregkh
2017-03-14 12:11 ` Michael Ellerman
2017-03-14 12:29 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-03-14 14:58 ` James Bottomley
2017-03-16 18:00 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-03-06 14:20 ` [PATCH 09/29] drivers, md: convert table_device.count " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:20 ` [PATCH 10/29] drivers, md: convert stripe_head.count " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-07 19:07 ` Shaohua Li
2017-03-08 9:39 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-03-06 14:20 ` [PATCH 11/29] drivers, media: convert cx88_core.refcount " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 16:26 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2017-03-07 7:52 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-03-07 10:40 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2017-03-07 8:22 ` Sakari Ailus
2017-03-06 14:20 ` [PATCH 12/29] drivers, media: convert s2255_dev.num_channels " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-07 8:30 ` Sakari Ailus
2017-03-07 14:45 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 13/29] drivers, media: convert vb2_vmarea_handler.refcount " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-07 8:50 ` Sakari Ailus
2017-03-07 14:48 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 14/29] drivers, media: convert vb2_dc_buf.refcount " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 15/29] drivers, media: convert vb2_dma_sg_buf.refcount " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 16/29] drivers, media: convert vb2_vmalloc_buf.refcount " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 17/29] drivers, pci: convert hv_pci_dev.refs " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 21:38 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2017-03-07 19:58 ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-04-18 10:40 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-04-18 14:05 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2017-04-18 14:29 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 18/29] drivers, s390: convert urdev.ref_count " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 19/29] drivers, s390: convert lcs_reply.refcnt " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 20/29] drivers, s390: convert qeth_reply.refcnt " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 21/29] drivers, s390: convert fc_fcp_pkt.ref_cnt " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 15:27 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2017-03-06 16:54 ` Benjamin Block [this message]
2017-03-07 7:50 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-03-08 13:48 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-03-08 14:06 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 22/29] drivers, scsi: convert iscsi_task.refcount " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-08 18:47 ` Chris Leech
2017-03-09 7:18 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-03-09 8:43 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2017-03-09 9:26 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-03-09 9:32 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 23/29] drivers: convert vme_user_vma_priv.refcnt " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 24/29] drivers: convert iblock_req.pending " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-08 7:37 ` Nicholas A. Bellinger
2017-03-21 7:18 ` Nicholas A. Bellinger
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 25/29] drivers, usb: convert ffs_data.ref " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 26/29] drivers, usb: convert dev_data.count " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 27/29] drivers, usb: convert ep_data.count " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 28/29] drivers: convert sbd_duart.map_guard " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 14:21 ` [PATCH 29/29] drivers, xen: convert grant_map.users " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-06 16:58 ` [Xen-devel] " Boris Ostrovsky
2017-03-08 13:49 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-03-08 17:45 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2017-03-09 7:19 ` Reshetova, Elena
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