Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Sep 2017 11:48:32 +0200 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/15] v5 kernel core pieces refcount conversions |
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On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 04:48:00PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 5:22 AM, Elena Reshetova > <elena.reshetova@intel.com> wrote: > > Now we have at least x86 support for ARCH_HAS_REFCOUNT merged and > > arm and others on their way. > > > > Changes in v5: > > * Kees catched that the following changes in > > perf_event_context.refcount and futex_pi_state.refcount > > are not correct now when ARCH_HAS_REFCOUNT is enabled: > > - WARN_ON(!atomic_inc_not_zero(refcount)); > > + refcount_inc(refcount); > > So they are now changed back to using refcount_inc_not_zero. > > Thanks! > > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> > > Andrew, are you able to carry these patches in -mm, since they span a > bunch of core kernel areas?
No.. these patches should go through the regular trees that maintain these various parts.
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