Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:46:49 -0400 | From | Daniel Jordan <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] padata: Convert from atomic_t to refcount_t on parallel_data->refcnt |
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On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 04:37:33PM +0800, Xiyu Yang wrote: > refcount_t type and corresponding API can protect refcounters from > accidental underflow and overflow and further use-after-free situations. > > Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn> > Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@gmail.com>
This patch run on a big server didn't turn up anything, but it's probably useful to have the extra checking.
Acked-by: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@oracle.com>
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