[PATCH 2/4] fs, afs: convert afs_vlocation.usage from atomic_t to refcount_t
David Howells
dhowells at redhat.com
Wed Feb 22 08:22:12 PST 2017
Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova at intel.com> wrote:
> refcount_t type and corresponding API should be
> used instead of atomic_t when the variable is used as
> a reference counter. This allows to avoid accidental
> refcounter overflows that might lead to use-after-free
> situations.
Please hold this patch also. An assertion failure may happen here too because
afs_vlocation_lookup() may resurrect records with a refcount of 0 from the
cache.
David
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