On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 05:49:01PM +0200, Elena Reshetova wrote:
> 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.

I'm missing something: how do you overflow a log item object
reference count?

Cheers,

Dave.
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