Messages in this thread | | | From | Kees Cook <> | Date | Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:52:09 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Convert struct pid count to refcount_t |
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On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 7:37 AM Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org> wrote: > Kees can you describe more the race you had in mind?
I just didn't see any barriers, so it seemed racey to me.
> Also note to the on looker, the original patch I sent is not wrong, that > still applies and is correct. We are just discussing here any possible issues > with the *existing* code.
Correct. And akpm has (correctly) taken this for -mm.
-- Kees Cook
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