Isaac J. Manjarres
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Currently, when using the refcount API functions, a warning is printed out once to let a user of the refcount API know that an error case has been detected. Then the refcount functions will silently return, without modifying the reference count, which could be mistaken for a successful modification. This can allow for improper use of the object associated with that refcount later. Trigger a kernel panic in case of refcount error detection to prevent misuse of objects associated with refcounts. Change-Id: Ifb6a331d08a7d6c285225bc9667d2f4054db3561 Signed-off-by: Isaac J. Manjarres <isaacm@codeaurora.org> Signed-off-by: Venkata Narendra Kumar Gutta <vnkgutta@codeaurora.org>
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.