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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] ipv4: convert dst_metrics.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:14:24 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170818.151424.887124840705267368.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1503083287.22502.5.camel@edumazet-glaptop3.roam.corp.google.com>

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:08:07 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> 
> 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: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> ---
> v3: added the include <linux/refcount.h> to be safe (Cong Wang)
> v2: fix a missing change in net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c

Applied, thanks Eric.

      reply	other threads:[~2017-08-18 22:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-08-16 19:24 [PATCH net-next] ipv4: convert dst_metrics.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t Eric Dumazet
2017-08-16 23:16 ` Eric Dumazet
2017-08-16 23:19 ` [PATCH v2 " Eric Dumazet
2017-08-18 17:15   ` Cong Wang
2017-08-18 18:01     ` Eric Dumazet
2017-08-18 19:08     ` [PATCH v3 " Eric Dumazet
2017-08-18 22:14       ` David Miller [this message]

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