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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 12:50:58 +0100
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net, netfilter: refcounter conversions
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On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:03:34AM +0200, Elena Reshetova wrote:
> refcount_t type and corresponding API (see include/linux/refcount.h)
> 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, thanks.