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[PATCH 0/3] ipc subsystem refcounter conversions

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Now when new refcount_t type and API are finally merged
(see include/linux/refcount.h), the following
patches convert various refcounters in the ipc susystem 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.

Elena Reshetova (3):
  ipc: convert ipc_namespace.count from atomic_t to refcount_t
  ipc: convert sem_undo_list.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
  ipc: convert ipc_rcu.refcount from atomic_t to refcount_t

 include/linux/ipc_namespace.h | 5 +++--
 ipc/msgutil.c                 | 2 +-
 ipc/namespace.c               | 4 ++--
 ipc/sem.c                     | 8 ++++----
 ipc/util.c                    | 6 +++---
 ipc/util.h                    | 3 ++-
 6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

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[PATCH 0/3] ipc subsystem refcounter conversions Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-02-20 12:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 0/3] ipc subsystem refcounter conversions Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-20 12:50 +0100
    RE: [PATCH 0/3] ipc subsystem refcounter conversions "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com> - 2017-02-20 13:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 0/3] ipc subsystem refcounter conversions Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> - 2017-02-22 16:50 +0100

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