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Message-ID: <20180709184638.xj7tscl55zljboqx@linux-r8p5>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2018 11:46:38 -0700
From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To: Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 1vier1@....de,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/12] ipc/util.c: correct comment in
ipc_obtain_object_check
On Mon, 09 Jul 2018, Manfred Spraul wrote:
>The comment that explains ipc_obtain_object_check is wrong:
>The function checks the sequence number, not the reference
>counter.
>Note that checking the reference counter would be meaningless:
>The reference counter is decreased without holding any locks,
>thus an object with kern_ipc_perm.deleted=true may disappear at
>the end of the next rcu grace period.
>
>Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
>Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
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