Re: [PATCH 0/5] v3 block subsystem refcounter conversions

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Jun 27 2017 - 18:13:52 EST


On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 6:26 AM, Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 06/27/2017 05:39 AM, Elena Reshetova wrote:
>> Changes in v3:
>> No changes in patches apart from trivial rebases, but now by
>> default refcount_t = atomic_t and uses all atomic standard operations
>> unless CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL is enabled. This is a compromize for the
>> systems that are critical on performance and cannot accept even
>> slight delay on the refcounter operations.
>
> Is that true in 4.12-rc, or is that true in a later release once
> Linus has pulled those changes in? If the latter, please resend
> this when those changes are in, thanks.

It's in -next currently ("locking/refcount: Create unchecked atomic_t
implementation")

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security