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From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers, scsi: convert fc_fcp_pkt.ref_cnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 19:07:51 -0400
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Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> writes:

> 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.

Applied to 4.12/scsi-queue.

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering