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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/15] networking drivers refcount_t conversions
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From: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:23:34 +0300

> Note: these are the last patches related to networking that perform
> conversion of refcounters from atomic_t to refcount_t.
> In contrast to the core network refcounter conversions that
> were merged earlier, these are much more straightforward ones.
> 
> This series, for various networking drivers, replaces atomic_t reference
> counters with the new refcount_t type and API (see include/linux/refcount.h).
> By doing this we prevent intentional or accidental
> underflows or overflows that can led to use-after-free vulnerabilities.
> 
> The patches are fully independent and can be cherry-picked separately.
> Patches are based on top of net-next.
> If there are no objections to the patches, please merge them via respective trees

I've applied this entire series to net-next.  If there are any fixups or
follow-ups please send them as relative patches.

Thank you.