Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Sep 2020 09:22:46 -0700 | From | Kees Cook <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/11] Introduce Simple atomic and non-atomic counters |
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On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 05:47:14PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote: > This patch series is a result of discussion at the refcount_t BOF > the Linux Plumbers Conference. In this discussion, we identified > a need for looking closely and investigating atomic_t usages in > the kernel when it is used strictly as a counter without it > controlling object lifetimes and state changes.
BTW, I realized the KSPP issue tracker hadn't broken this task out of the refcount_t conversion issue[1] into a separate issue, so I've created it now: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/106
-Kees
[1] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/104
-- Kees Cook
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