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.reshet...@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkam...@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwind...@gmail.com> --- drivers/md/md.c | 6 +++--- drivers/md/md.h | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c index 985374f..94c8ebf 100644 --- a/drivers/md/md.c +++ b/drivers/md/md.c @@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_unplug); static inline struct mddev *mddev_get(struct mddev *mddev) { - atomic_inc(&mddev->active); + refcount_inc(&mddev->active); return mddev; } @@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ static void mddev_put(struct mddev *mddev) { struct bio_set *bs = NULL; - if (!atomic_dec_and_lock(&mddev->active, &all_mddevs_lock)) + if (!refcount_dec_and_lock(&mddev->active, &all_mddevs_lock)) return; if (!mddev->raid_disks && list_empty(&mddev->disks) && mddev->ctime == 0 && !mddev->hold_active) { @@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ void mddev_init(struct mddev *mddev) INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mddev->all_mddevs); setup_timer(&mddev->safemode_timer, md_safemode_timeout, (unsigned long) mddev); - atomic_set(&mddev->active, 1); + refcount_set(&mddev->active, 1); atomic_set(&mddev->openers, 0); atomic_set(&mddev->active_io, 0); spin_lock_init(&mddev->lock); diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h index b8859cb..4811663 100644 --- a/drivers/md/md.h +++ b/drivers/md/md.h @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ #include <linux/list.h> #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/mutex.h> +#include <linux/refcount.h> #include <linux/timer.h> #include <linux/wait.h> #include <linux/workqueue.h> @@ -360,7 +361,7 @@ struct mddev { */ struct mutex open_mutex; struct mutex reconfig_mutex; - atomic_t active; /* general refcount */ + refcount_t active; /* general refcount */ atomic_t openers; /* number of active opens */ int changed; /* True if we might need to -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel