Re: [PATCH 0/3] Convert nsproxy, groups, and creds to refcount_t

[Xiaoming Ni]

On 2020/6/13 2:34, Kees Cook wrote:
> This series was never applied[1], and was recently pointed out as
> missing[2]. If someone has a tree for this, please take it. Otherwise,
> please Ack and I'll send it to Linus.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Kees
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190306110549.7628-1-elena.reshetova@xxxxxxxxx/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1591957695-118312-1-git-send-email-nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Elena Reshetova (3):
>    nsproxy: convert nsproxy.count to refcount_t
>    groups: convert group_info.usage to refcount_t
>    creds: convert cred.usage to refcount_t
>
>   include/linux/cred.h    | 15 +++++++-------
>   include/linux/nsproxy.h |  7 +++----
>   kernel/cred.c           | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>   kernel/groups.c         |  2 +-
>   kernel/nsproxy.c        |  6 +++---
>   net/sunrpc/auth.c       |  2 +-
>   6 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

Should mm->mm_users also be replaced by refcount_t?

In addition, is it better to change all variables that use 
atomic_dec_and_test to control the release process to refconut_t?

Thanks
Xiaoming Ni