From: "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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Subject: RE: [PATCH 3/4] sparc: convert mdesc_handle.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 07:28:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2236FBA76BA1254E88B949DDB74E612B41C86E2F@IRSMSX102.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170220.095658.2221033513472748245.davem@davemloft.net>
> From: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 13:06:20 +0200
>
> > 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.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> > Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
>
> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Hi David,
Would you be able to propagate this patch further or should I send it (with your acked-by) once more to specific list/maintainer for the inclusion?
Best Regards,
Elena
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-03 7:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-20 11:06 [PATCH 0/4] arch subsystem refcounter conversions Elena Reshetova
2017-02-20 11:06 ` [PATCH 1/4] s390: convert debug_info.ref_count from atomic_t to refcount_t Elena Reshetova
2017-02-20 13:24 ` Heiko Carstens
2017-02-20 13:34 ` Heiko Carstens
2017-02-20 13:35 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-02-20 13:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-02-20 11:06 ` [PATCH 2/4] x86: convert threshold_bank.cpus " Elena Reshetova
2017-02-20 11:17 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-02-20 12:20 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-02-20 12:30 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-02-21 20:45 ` Kees Cook
2017-02-22 9:27 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-02-20 11:06 ` [PATCH 3/4] sparc: convert mdesc_handle.refcnt " Elena Reshetova
2017-02-20 14:56 ` David Miller
2017-04-03 7:28 ` Reshetova, Elena [this message]
2017-04-03 13:12 ` David Miller
2017-04-03 16:06 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-04-03 16:16 ` David Miller
2017-02-20 11:06 ` [PATCH 4/4] kvm: convert kvm.users_count " Elena Reshetova
2017-02-20 11:37 ` Paolo Bonzini
2017-02-20 12:22 ` Reshetova, Elena
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