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The API surrounding refcount_t should be used in place of atomic_t when variables are being used as reference counters. It can potentially prevent reference counter overflows and use-after-free conditions. In the dm thin layer, one such example is tc->refcount. Change this from the atomic_t API to the refcount_t API to prevent mentioned conditions. Signed-off-by: John Pittman <jpittman@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.