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

Re: [PATCH 22/29] drivers, scsi: convert iscsi_task.refcount from atomic_t to refcount_t

From: Johannes Thumshirn <hidden>
Date: 2017-03-09 08:47:23
Also in: linux-bcache, linux-media, linux-pci, linux-raid, linux-scsi, linux-serial, lkml

On 03/09/2017 08:18 AM, Reshetova, Elena wrote:
quoted
On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 04:21:09PM +0200, Elena Reshetova wrote:
quoted
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 <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <redacted>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <redacted>
This looks OK to me.

Acked-by: Chris Leech <redacted>
Thank you for review! Do you have a tree that can take this change? 
Hi Elena,

iscsi like fcoe should go via the SCSI tree.

Byte,
	Johannes

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