Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/11] Introduce Simple atomic and non-atomic counters | From | Shuah Khan <> | Date | Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:42:46 -0600 |
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On 9/26/20 10:22 AM, Kees Cook wrote: > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 05:47:14PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote: >> This patch series is a result of discussion at the refcount_t BOF >> the Linux Plumbers Conference. In this discussion, we identified >> a need for looking closely and investigating atomic_t usages in >> the kernel when it is used strictly as a counter without it >> controlling object lifetimes and state changes. > > BTW, I realized the KSPP issue tracker hadn't broken this task out of > the refcount_t conversion issue[1] into a separate issue, so I've created > it now: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/106 >
Cool. Thanks.
-- Shuah
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