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Elena Reshetova e34f5b11cd perf thread: convert thread.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
The 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.

Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Kook <keescook@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Kook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Matija Glavinic Pecotic <matija.glavinic-pecotic.ext@nokia.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1487691303-31858-9-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com
[ Did missing conversion in __machine__remove_thread() ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-03-03 19:07:16 -03:00
Documentation Merge branch 'linus' into perf/urgent, to resolve conflict 2017-03-02 08:05:45 +01:00
arch Merge branch 'linus' into perf/urgent, to resolve conflict 2017-03-02 08:05:45 +01:00
block lib/vsprintf.c: remove %Z support 2017-02-27 18:43:47 -08:00
certs certs: Add a secondary system keyring that can be added to dynamically 2016-04-11 22:48:09 +01:00
crypto crypto: change LZ4 modules to work with new LZ4 module version 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
drivers powerpc updates for 4.11 part 2 2017-03-01 10:10:16 -08:00
firmware WHENCE: use https://linuxtv.org for LinuxTV URLs 2015-12-04 10:35:11 -02:00
fs NFS client updates for Linux 4.11 2017-03-01 16:10:30 -08:00
include Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-03-01 17:04:50 -08:00
init Merge branch 'idr-4.11' of git://git.infradead.org/users/willy/linux-dax 2017-02-28 20:29:41 -08:00
ipc ipc/shm: Fix shmat mmap nil-page protection 2017-02-27 18:43:46 -08:00
kernel perf/core: Rename CONFIG_[UK]PROBE_EVENT to CONFIG_[UK]PROBE_EVENTS 2017-03-01 10:26:39 +01:00
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samples Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2017-02-22 10:15:09 -08:00
scripts objtool, modules: Discard objtool annotation sections for modules 2017-03-01 20:32:25 +01:00
security lib/vsprintf.c: remove %Z support 2017-02-27 18:43:47 -08:00
sound sound fixes for 4.11-rc1 2017-03-01 09:59:21 -08:00
tools perf thread: convert thread.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-03-03 19:07:16 -03:00
usr kbuild: initramfs cleanup, set target from Kconfig 2017-01-05 09:40:16 -08:00
virt mm: add new mmget() helper 2017-02-27 18:43:48 -08:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
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Kbuild scripts/gdb: provide linux constants 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
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Makefile Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-02-28 10:15:59 -08:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

README

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

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.