From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
To: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, cleech@redhat.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, open-iscsi@googlegroups.com,
Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers, scsi: convert iscsi_task.refcount from atomic_t to refcount_t
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 19:08:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yq14lyugmuc.fsf@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1489060018-5746-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> (Elena Reshetova's message of "Thu, 9 Mar 2017 13:46:58 +0200")
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.
--
Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering
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2017-03-09 11:46 [PATCH] drivers, scsi: convert iscsi_task.refcount from atomic_t to refcount_t Elena Reshetova
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