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Commit fc371912 authored by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior's avatar Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Committed by Linus Torvalds
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userns: use refcount_t for reference counting instead atomic_t

refcount_t type and corresponding API should be used instead of atomic_t
wh en the variable is used as a reference counter.  This avoids accidental
refcounter overflows that might lead to use-after-free situations.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180703200141.28415-6-bigeasy@linutronix.de


Signed-off-by: default avatarSebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Suggested-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 060288a7
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