Thread (63 messages) 63 messages, 12 authors, 2017-03-21

Re: [PATCH 21/29] drivers, s390: convert fc_fcp_pkt.ref_cnt from atomic_t to refcount_t

From: Johannes Thumshirn <hidden>
Date: 2017-03-06 15:27:30
Also in: linux-bcache, linux-media, linux-pci, linux-raid, linux-s390, linux-scsi, linux-serial, lkml

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.

Other than that
Acked-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jth@kernel.org>

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