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Re: [PATCH 00/15] v5 kernel core pieces refcount conversions

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On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 2:48 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 04:48:00PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 5:22 AM, Elena Reshetova
>> <elena.reshetova@intel.com> wrote:
>> > Now we have at least x86 support for ARCH_HAS_REFCOUNT merged and
>> > arm and others on their way.
>> >
>> > Changes in v5:
>> >  * Kees catched that the following changes in
>> >    perf_event_context.refcount and futex_pi_state.refcount
>> >    are not correct now when ARCH_HAS_REFCOUNT is enabled:
>> >     -   WARN_ON(!atomic_inc_not_zero(refcount));
>> >     +   refcount_inc(refcount);
>> >    So they are now changed back to using refcount_inc_not_zero.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
>>
>> Andrew, are you able to carry these patches in -mm, since they span a
>> bunch of core kernel areas?
>
> No.. these patches should go through the regular trees that maintain
> these various parts.

Okay, sounds fine. Elena, can you split these up? (You'll probably
have to examine MAINTAINERS and/or git history for each patch...)

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security

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[PATCH 00/15] v5 kernel core pieces refcount conversions Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-08-30 14:30 +0200
  [PATCH 05/15] sched/task_struct: convert task_struct.usage to refcount_t Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-08-30 14:30 +0200
  [PATCH 10/15] uprobes: convert uprobe.ref to refcount_t Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-08-30 14:30 +0200
  [PATCH 14/15] futex: convert futex_pi_state.refcount to refcount_t Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-08-30 14:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 14/15] futex: convert futex_pi_state.refcount to  refcount_t Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-09-01 09:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 14/15] futex: convert futex_pi_state.refcount to  refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-09-01 11:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 14/15] futex: convert futex_pi_state.refcount to  refcount_t Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-09-01 11:50 +0200
          RE: [PATCH 14/15] futex: convert futex_pi_state.refcount to  refcount_t "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-09-01 13:00 +0200
          RE: [PATCH 14/15] futex: convert futex_pi_state.refcount to  refcount_t "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-09-01 13:10 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 14/15] futex: convert futex_pi_state.refcount to  refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-09-01 14:40 +0200
              RE: [PATCH 14/15] futex: convert futex_pi_state.refcount to  refcount_t "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-09-01 15:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 14/15] futex: convert futex_pi_state.refcount to  refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-09-01 15:40 +0200
                RE: [PATCH 14/15] futex: convert futex_pi_state.refcount to  refcount_t "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-09-01 19:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 14/15] futex: convert futex_pi_state.refcount to  refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-09-01 21:20 +0200
                RE: [PATCH 14/15] futex: convert futex_pi_state.refcount to  refcount_t "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-09-04 12:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 14/15] futex: convert futex_pi_state.refcount to  refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-09-04 14:10 +0200
  [PATCH 07/15] perf: convert perf_event_context.refcount to refcount_t Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-08-30 14:30 +0200
  [PATCH 03/15] sched: convert user_struct.__count to refcount_t Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-08-30 14:30 +0200
  [PATCH 11/15] nsproxy: convert nsproxy.count to refcount_t Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-08-30 14:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 00/15] v5 kernel core pieces refcount conversions Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-09-01 01:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 00/15] v5 kernel core pieces refcount conversions Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-09-01 11:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 00/15] v5 kernel core pieces refcount conversions Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-09-01 19:00 +0200
        RE: [PATCH 00/15] v5 kernel core pieces refcount conversions "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-09-01 19:10 +0200

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