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Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t

From Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t
Date 2016-11-21 10:10 +0100
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 04:44:28PM +0800, Boqun Feng wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 12:37:18PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> [snip]
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Similar to atomic_inc(), will saturate at UINT_MAX and WARN.
> > + *
> > + * Provides no memory ordering, it is assumed the caller already has a
> > + * reference on the object, will WARN when this is not so.
> > + */
> > +static inline void refcount_inc(refcount_t *r)
> > +{
> > +	unsigned int old, new, val = atomic_read(&r->refs);
> > +
> > +	for (;;) {
> > +		WARN(!val, "refcount_t: increment on 0; use-after-free.\n");
> > +
> 
> Do we want to put the address of @r into the WARN information? Which
> could help us locate the problematic object quickly.

I explicitly didn't do that because printing kernel addresses is
generally frowned upon. Also, random heap addresses are just that,
random. In most cases the backtrace is more informative.

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[RFC][PATCH 0/7] kref improvements Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-14 18:50 +0100
  [RFC][PATCH 5/7] kref: Implement kref_put_lock() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-14 18:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 5/7] kref: Implement kref_put_lock() Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-11-14 21:40 +0100
      Re: [RFC][PATCH 5/7] kref: Implement kref_put_lock() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-15 09:00 +0100
  [RFC][PATCH 6/7] kref: Avoid more abuse Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-14 18:50 +0100
  [RFC][PATCH 4/7] kref: Use kref_get_unless_zero() more Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-14 18:50 +0100
  [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-14 18:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-11-15 09:50 +0100
      Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-15 10:50 +0100
        Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-11-15 11:10 +0100
          Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-15 11:50 +0100
            Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-11-15 14:10 +0100
              Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-11-15 19:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-15 20:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-11-15 20:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-11-16 09:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-11-16 10:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-11-16 10:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-11-16 10:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-16 11:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-11-16 20:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-17 09:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-11-17 21:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-11-16 19:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2016-11-15 13:40 +0100
      Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-15 14:10 +0100
        Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2016-11-15 15:20 +0100
          Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-17 10:30 +0100
            Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2016-11-17 10:50 +0100
              Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-17 11:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-17 11:50 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-11-17 12:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-17 18:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-17 18:30 +0100
            Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2016-11-17 18:10 +0100
              Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2016-11-18 09:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2016-11-18 11:20 +0100
            Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2016-11-17 18:10 +0100
              Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-17 18:30 +0100
    RE: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2016-11-18 11:10 +0100
      Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-18 12:40 +0100
        Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2016-11-18 18:10 +0100
          Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-18 20:00 +0100
          Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2016-11-21 05:10 +0100
            Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-11-21 08:50 +0100
              Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2016-11-21 09:40 +0100
        Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2016-11-21 09:50 +0100
          Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-21 10:10 +0100
            Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2016-11-21 10:40 +0100
    RE: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2016-11-18 11:50 +0100
      Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-18 12:00 +0100
        RE: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2016-11-18 18:00 +0100
          Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-18 20:00 +0100
            RE: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2016-11-19 08:20 +0100
              Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] kref: Implement using refcount_t Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-19 12:50 +0100
  Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-11-14 19:20 +0100
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-11-15 08:30 +0100
      Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-15 08:50 +0100
      [PATCH] printk, locking/atomics, kref: Introduce new %pAr and %pAk  format string options for atomic_t and 'struct kref' Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-11-15 09:40 +0100
        [PATCH v2] printk, locking/atomics, kref: Introduce new %pAr and  %pAk format string options for atomic_t and 'struct kref' Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-11-15 09:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2] printk, locking/atomics, kref: Introduce new %pAr and  %pAk format string options for atomic_t and 'struct kref' Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-15 10:30 +0100
            [PATCH v3] printk, locking/atomics, kref: Introduce new %pAa and  %pAk format string options for atomic_t and 'struct kref' Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-11-15 10:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2] printk, locking/atomics, kref: Introduce new %pAr and  %pAk format string options for atomic_t and 'struct kref' kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com> - 2016-11-15 11:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] printk, locking/atomics, kref: Introduce new %pAr and  %pAk format string options for atomic_t and 'struct kref' Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-15 17:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] printk, locking/atomics, kref: Introduce new %pAr and  %pAk format string options for atomic_t and 'struct kref' Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-11-16 09:20 +0100
  Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/7] kref improvements Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-11-15 08:30 +0100
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/7] kref improvements Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-11-15 08:50 +0100
      Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/7] kref improvements Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-11-15 16:10 +0100
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/7] kref improvements Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-15 08:50 +0100
  Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-11-15 08:40 +0100
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-15 09:10 +0100
      Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-11-15 22:00 +0100
        Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-11-16 09:30 +0100
          Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-16 11:20 +0100
            Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-11-16 11:20 +0100
          Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-11-16 11:20 +0100
          Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> - 2016-11-16 11:20 +0100
        Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-16 11:10 +0100
          Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-11-16 20:00 +0100
            Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-17 09:40 +0100
              Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() David Windsor <dave@progbits.org> - 2016-11-17 13:50 +0100
                RE: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2016-11-17 15:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-17 18:10 +0100
                RE: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2016-11-17 18:10 +0100
                RE: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2016-11-17 19:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-17 20:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-17 20:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-17 18:20 +0100
              Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] kref: Add kref_read() Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-11-17 20:40 +0100

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