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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 3/3] xen/blkback: Use refcount_t for refcount

From: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:20:00 +0200

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On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 02:16:50PM +0800, Chuhong Yuan wrote: > Reference counters are preferred to use refcount_t instead of > atomic_t. > This is because the implementation of refcount_t can prevent > overflows and detect possible use-after-free. > So convert atomic_t ref counters to refcount_t. > > Signed-off-by: Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> Thanks, Roger. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel

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