Re: [PATCH 0/7] net, netfilter refcounter conversions

[Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>]

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 07:52:19AM +0000, Reshetova, Elena wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 01:10:38PM +0200, Elena Reshetova wrote:
> > > This series, for the netfilter subsystem, replaces atomic_t reference
> > > counters with the new refcount_t type and API (see include/linux/refcount.h).
> > > By doing this we prevent intentional or accidental
> > > underflows or overflows that can led to use-after-free vulnerabilities.
> > >
> > > Please take the series to your tree if there are no run-time issues.
> > 
> > Could you collapse all of your patches into one single? They are all
> > part of the same logical change to me.
> > 
> > >  21 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)
> > 
> > The diffstat is small enough to do what I'm asking.
> 
> Sure. The reason why they are separated is that it is easier to
> review them this way IMO and find mistakes (I found many after I
> split all networking patches into one per variable).  But I guess
> for merge, it is easier to have them collapsed, so I am going to
> send you a new version shortly.

In my particular case, collapsing them is good so the Netfilter batch
I pass up to David becomes smaller. Thanks!