> On Fri, 7 Jul 2017, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 07, 2017 at 12:04:28PM +0300, 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. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > I'll let tglx comment on the SoB chain, I know he likes those :-) You > > did Cc him right, seeing how he's the maintainer of this stuff.. > > Right, that SOB chain is crap. It suggests that the patch was written by > Elena and then carried on by Hans, handed over to Kees and from there to > David. And now it's resent by Elena. Circular dependencies or what? I will fix SOB on all patches and resend. Best Regards, Elena
