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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 17:47:19 -0500
From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org,
        Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>, David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: convert css_set.refcount from atomic_t to
 refcount_t
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On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 10:00:40AM +0200, Elena Reshetova wrote:
> refcount_t type and corresponding API should be
> used instead of atomic_t when the variable is used as
> a reference counter. This allows to avoid accidental
> refcounter overflows that might lead to use-after-free
> situations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>

Applied to cgroup/for-4.12.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun