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* Re: [PATCH] kernfs: Convert from atomic_t to refcount_t on kernfs_node->count
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@ 2021-07-21 15:36 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman @ 2021-07-21 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Xiyu Yang; +Cc: Tejun Heo, linux-kernel, yuanxzhang, Xin Tan

On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 04:33:21PM +0800, Xiyu Yang wrote:
> refcount_t type and corresponding API can protect refcounters from
> accidental underflow and overflow and further use-after-free situations.

But this really is a count, not a refcount.

So are you _sure_ this should be changed?

What did you to do to test this?

thanks,

greg k-h

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* Re: [PATCH] kernfs: Convert from atomic_t to refcount_t on kernfs_node->count
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@ 2021-07-22  5:49 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman @ 2021-07-22  5:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn; +Cc: Tejun Heo, linux-kernel, yuanxzhang, Xin Tan

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 12:50:34AM +0800, xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn wrote:

You sent an empty reply???

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