Re: [PATCH 0/3] fs, fuse subsystem refcount conversions

[Miklos Szeredi]

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Elena Reshetova
<elena.reshetova@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Now when new refcount_t type and API are finally merged
> (see include/linux/refcount.h), the following
> patches convert various refcounters in the fuse filesystem from atomic_t
> to refcount_t. By doing this we prevent intentional or accidental
> underflows or overflows that can led to use-after-free vulnerabilities.
>
> The below patches are fully independent and can be cherry-picked separately.
> Since we convert all kernel subsystems in the same fashion, resulting
> in about 300 patches, we have to group them for sending at least in some
> fashion to be manageable. Please excuse the long cc list.
>
> These patches have been tested using tests supplied with libfuse.
> Not sure if this is the right way to test it. No output or failures
> with result to refcount conversions. refcount WARNs were on.

Thanks, queued.

Miklos