Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 11:27:45 +0200
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
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        keescook@chromium.org, Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>,
        David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/15] kernel: convert perf_event_context.refcount from
 atomic_t to refcount_t
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On Fri, Jul 07, 2017 at 12:04:20PM +0300, 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>

That's an invalid SoB chain.. can't do anything with these patches.