From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kalle Valo Subject: Re: [15/16] hostap: convert hostap_cmd_queue.usecnt from atomic_t to refcount_t Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 15:24:55 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <20170522152456.17EC860B7D@smtp.codeaurora.org> References: <1490691403-4016-16-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, peterz@infradead.org, matanb@mellanox.com, paulus@samba.org, Elena Reshetova , nbd@openwrt.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, saeedm@mellanox.com, ganeshgr@chelsio.com, Hans Liljestrand , David Windsor , keescook@chromium.org, j@w1.fi, ajk@comnets.uni-bremen.de, leonro@mellanox.com, matthias.bgg@gmail.com, linux-hams@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, blogic@openwrt.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, yishaih@mellanox.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org To: Elena Reshetova Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1490691403-4016-16-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=m.gmane.org@lists.infradead.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Elena Reshetova wrote: > 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 > Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook > Signed-off-by: David Windsor 2 patches applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks. 552aa585faff hostap: convert hostap_cmd_queue.usecnt from atomic_t to refcount_t 0aeffa7041d8 orinoco_usb: convert request_context.refcount from atomic_t to refcount_t -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9648427/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches