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Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 02:31:32 +0100 (WEST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: elena.reshetova@...el.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-hams@...r.kernel.org, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org, ganeshgr@...lsio.com, nbd@...nwrt.org, john@...ozen.org, sean.wang@...iatek.com, matthias.bgg@...il.com, yishaih@...lanox.com, saeedm@...lanox.com, matanb@...lanox.com, tariqt@...lanox.com, leonro@...lanox.com, ajk@...nets.uni-bremen.de, paulus@...ba.org, zbr@...emap.net, peterz@...radead.org, keescook@...omium.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/15] networking drivers refcount_t conversions From: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@...el.com> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:23:34 +0300 > Note: these are the last patches related to networking that perform > conversion of refcounters from atomic_t to refcount_t. > In contrast to the core network refcounter conversions that > were merged earlier, these are much more straightforward ones. > > This series, for various networking drivers, replaces atomic_t reference > counters with the new refcount_t type and API (see include/linux/refcount.h). > By doing this we prevent intentional or accidental > underflows or overflows that can led to use-after-free vulnerabilities. > > The patches are fully independent and can be cherry-picked separately. > Patches are based on top of net-next. > If there are no objections to the patches, please merge them via respective trees I've applied this entire series to net-next. If there are any fixups or follow-ups please send them as relative patches. Thank you.
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