linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/16] v6 kernel core pieces refcount conversions

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jKsX=0HE17JRiK-agq7R6RWg+03Ww_CaB9BzL4odLnZjA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 4 Dec 2018 17:06:13 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@...el.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] v6 kernel core pieces refcount conversions

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 6:07 AM Elena Reshetova
<elena.reshetova@...el.com> wrote:
> Changes in v6:
>  * memory ordering differences are outlined in each patch
>    together with potential problematic areas.
>   Note: I didn't include any statements in individual patches
>   on why I think the memory ordering changes do not matter
>   in that particular case since ultimately these are only
>   known by maintainers (unless explicitly documented) and
>   very hard to figure out reliably from the code.
>   Therefore maintainers are expected to double check the
>   specific pointed functions and make the end decision.
>  * rebase on top of today's linux-next/master

*thread resurrection*

Was there a v7 for this series? I'd like to finish off any of the
known outstanding refcount_t conversions.

Thanks!

-- 
Kees Cook