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SubjectRe: [PATCH][DEBUG] x86/refcount: split up refcount saturation handling

* Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:

> In support of debugging the problems Mike Galbraith has seen with
> x86-refcount vs gcc vs network refcounts...
>
> This minimizes the differences between unchecked-refcount and x86-refcount
> by changing the refcount_dec() failure case to not saturate. The reporting
> of negative values is reduced to pr_warn from WARN to avoid spamming dmesg
> (which may impact race conditions). Ratelimiting is disabled just to be
> sure no reports are being dropped.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---
> arch/x86/mm/extable.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> kernel/panic.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

If this patch is still useful then please include it in your next refcount series.
Better debuggability is always welcome.

Thanks,

Ingo

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