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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 10:22:50 +0200
From: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi>
To: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/29] drivers, media: convert cx88_core.refcount from
 atomic_t to refcount_t
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On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 04:20:58PM +0200, Elena Reshetova wrote:
> refcount_t type and corresponding API should be
> used instead of atomic_t when the variable is used as
> a reference counter. This allows to avoid accidental
> refcounter overflows that might lead to use-after-free
> situations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>

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