On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 06:02:33PM +0000, Reshetova, Elena wrote: > > > Even if we now find all occurrences of atomic_t used as refcounter > > (which we cannot actually guarantee in any case unless someone > > manually reads every line) and convert it to refcount_t, we still have > > atomic_t type present and new usage of it as refount will crawl in. It > > is just a matter of time IMO. > > >Improve tooling. The patterns shouldn't be _that_ hard to find. Once the > >tools are good, new code isn't a problem either. > > Moreover, thinking of out of tree drivers: you think they would always > do checkpatch or run some of our tools for security checks?
If they can't be arsed, neither can I. You can't fix the unfixable. Like I said before, its chasing unicorns.
