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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org,
	peterz@infradead.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
	mingo@redhat.com, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com,
	jolsa@kernel.org, mark.rutland@arm.com,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, matija.glavinic-pecotic.ext@nokia.com,
	Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] tools: convert comm_str.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 17:33:50 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170222203350.GE20447@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1487691303-31858-4-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com>

Em Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 05:34:57PM +0200, Elena Reshetova escreveu:
> 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>

You are doing two things (well three) things here:

1. converting to refcnt.h

2. Initiationg the refcount to 1, which makes this take place:

[acme@jouet linux]$ m
make: Entering directory '/home/acme/git/linux/tools/perf'
  BUILD:   Doing 'make -j4' parallel build
Warning: arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h differs from kernel
  CC       /tmp/build/perf/util/comm.o
  INSTALL  trace_plugins
util/comm.c:16:25: error: ‘comm_str__get’ defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
 static struct comm_str *comm_str__get(struct comm_str *cs)
                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
mv: cannot stat '/tmp/build/perf/util/.comm.o.tmp': No such file or directory
/home/acme/git/linux/tools/build/Makefile.build:101: recipe for target '/tmp/build/perf/util/comm.o' failed
make[4]: *** [/tmp/build/perf/util/comm.o] Error 1
/home/acme/git/linux/tools/build/Makefile.build:144: recipe for target 'util' failed
make[3]: *** [util] Error 2
Makefile.perf:523: recipe for target '/tmp/build/perf/libperf-in.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/tmp/build/perf/libperf-in.o] Error 2
Makefile.perf:204: recipe for target 'sub-make' failed
make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
Makefile:108: recipe for target 'install-bin' failed
make: *** [install-bin] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/home/acme/git/linux/tools/perf'
[acme@jouet linux]$

3) not test building your patches :-\

I'll let this pass this time, minor, I am removing the now unused
comm_str__get() function.

- Arnaldo

  reply	other threads:[~2017-02-22 20:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-02-21 15:34 [PATCH 0/9] tools subsystem refcounter conversions Elena Reshetova
2017-02-21 15:34 ` [PATCH 1/9] tools: convert cgroup_sel.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t Elena Reshetova
2017-02-21 15:43   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-22 14:29     ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-02-22 15:37       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-22 16:10         ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-02-22 20:28           ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-23 13:10             ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-03-07  7:36   ` [tip:perf/core] perf cgroup: Convert " tip-bot for Elena Reshetova
2017-02-21 15:34 ` [PATCH 2/9] tools: convert cpu_map.refcnt " Elena Reshetova
2017-02-22 20:29   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-21 15:34 ` [PATCH 3/9] tools: convert comm_str.refcnt " Elena Reshetova
2017-02-22 20:33   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2017-02-22 22:20     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-22 22:31       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-23  9:16         ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-02-23 13:02           ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-21 15:34 ` [PATCH 4/9] tools: convert dso.refcnt " Elena Reshetova
2017-02-22 20:37   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-22 20:40     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-03-07  7:45   ` [tip:perf/core] perf dso: Convert " tip-bot for Elena Reshetova
2017-02-21 15:34 ` [PATCH 5/9] tools: convert map.refcnt " Elena Reshetova
2017-03-07  7:48   ` [tip:perf/core] perf map: Convert " tip-bot for Elena Reshetova
2017-02-21 15:35 ` [PATCH 6/9] tools: convert map_groups.refcnt " Elena Reshetova
2017-02-22 20:55   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-21 15:35 ` [PATCH 7/9] tools: convert perf_map.refcnt " Elena Reshetova
2017-02-21 15:35 ` [PATCH 8/9] tools: convert thread.refcnt " Elena Reshetova
2017-02-22 23:06   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-03-07  7:56   ` [tip:perf/core] perf thread: " tip-bot for Elena Reshetova
2017-02-21 15:35 ` [PATCH 9/9] tools: convert thread_map.refcnt " Elena Reshetova
2017-02-21 15:39 ` [PATCH 0/9] tools subsystem refcounter conversions Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-22 23:23   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-22 23:29     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-23 11:39       ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-02-23 12:50         ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-23 16:23         ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-24  7:27           ` Reshetova, Elena
2017-02-24 13:32             ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-03-07  8:02           ` [tip:perf/core] perf evlist: Clarify a bit the use of perf_mmap->refcnt tip-bot for Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-21 15:46 ` [PATCH 0/9] tools subsystem refcounter conversions Peter Zijlstra
2017-02-21 16:00   ` Reshetova, Elena

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