Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932547AbdDRKkK convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Apr 2017 06:40:10 -0400 Received: from mga04.intel.com ([192.55.52.120]:19234 "EHLO mga04.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754851AbdDRKkI (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Apr 2017 06:40:08 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.37,218,1488873600"; d="scan'208";a="88806536" From: "Reshetova, Elena" To: Stephen Hemminger , Bjorn Helgaas CC: Stephen Hemminger , Kees Cook , "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" , Haiyang Zhang , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "devel@linuxdriverproject.org" , "Hans Liljestrand" , David Windsor Subject: RE: [PATCH 17/29] drivers, pci: convert hv_pci_dev.refs from atomic_t to refcount_t Thread-Topic: [PATCH 17/29] drivers, pci: convert hv_pci_dev.refs from atomic_t to refcount_t Thread-Index: AQHSloUy7QDW1qu8zE+2+pi4S/JWUKGIVvKAgAF2SwCAQWW/gA== Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:40:03 +0000 Message-ID: <2236FBA76BA1254E88B949DDB74E612B41C8C518@IRSMSX102.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <1488810076-3754-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> <1488810076-3754-18-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> <20170306213829.GB5305@bhelgaas-glaptop.roam.corp.google.com> <20170307115808.16f5235e@xeon-e3> In-Reply-To: <20170307115808.16f5235e@xeon-e3> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: dlp-product: dlpe-windows dlp-version: 10.0.102.7 dlp-reaction: no-action x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.180] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 908 Lines: 26 > On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 15:38:29 -0600 > Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > > > [+cc Hyper-V folks, -cc others] > > > > On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 04:21:04PM +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 > > > Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand > > > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook > > > Signed-off-by: David Windsor > > > Reviewed-by: Stephen Hemminger Getting back on this: could you take the patch via your tree or should I resubmit to some dedicated place with a new review-by added? Best Regards, Elena