Hi Andrew,
Andrew Lunn writes:
> On Thu, Nov 09, 2017 at 12:36:52PM -0500, Vivien Didelot wrote:
>> Setting the refcount to 0 when allocating a tree to match the number of
>> switch devices it holds may cause an 'increment on 0; use-after-free'.
>>
>> Tracking the number of devices in a tree wi
On Thu, Nov 09, 2017 at 12:36:52PM -0500, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> Setting the refcount to 0 when allocating a tree to match the number of
> switch devices it holds may cause an 'increment on 0; use-after-free'.
>
> Tracking the number of devices in a tree with a kref is not really
> appropriate an
Setting the refcount to 0 when allocating a tree to match the number of
switch devices it holds may cause an 'increment on 0; use-after-free'.
Tracking the number of devices in a tree with a kref is not really
appropriate anyway so removes it completely in favor of a basic counter.
Fixes: 8e5bf97