From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-afs@lists.infradead.org, peterz@infradead.org,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] fs, afs: convert afs_volume.usage from atomic_t to refcount_t
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:34:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <535.1487781288@warthog.procyon.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1487691808-11289-5-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> 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@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>
This one is fine.
Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-02-22 16:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-21 15:43 [PATCH 0/4] fs, afs subsystem refcounter conversions Elena Reshetova
2017-02-21 15:43 ` [PATCH 1/4] fs, afs: convert afs_cell.usage from atomic_t to refcount_t Elena Reshetova
2017-02-22 16:16 ` David Howells
2017-02-22 17:19 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-02-22 17:29 ` David Howells
2017-02-22 17:39 ` Kees Cook
2017-02-23 13:32 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-02-24 14:21 ` David Howells
2017-02-21 15:43 ` [PATCH 2/4] fs, afs: convert afs_vlocation.usage " Elena Reshetova
2017-02-22 16:22 ` David Howells
2017-02-21 15:43 ` [PATCH 3/4] fs, afs: convert afs_server.usage " Elena Reshetova
2017-02-22 16:32 ` David Howells
2017-02-23 14:05 ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-02-21 15:43 ` [PATCH 4/4] fs, afs: convert afs_volume.usage " Elena Reshetova
2017-02-22 16:34 ` David Howells [this message]
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