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>
---
 tools/perf/util/cpumap.c | 16 ++++++++--------
 tools/perf/util/cpumap.h |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
index 2c0b522..0e21e28 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static struct cpu_map *cpu_map__default_new(void)
                        cpus->map[i] = i;
 
                cpus->nr = nr_cpus;
-               atomic_set(&cpus->refcnt, 1);
+               refcount_set(&cpus->refcnt, 1);
        }
 
        return cpus;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static struct cpu_map *cpu_map__trim_new(int nr_cpus, int 
*tmp_cpus)
        if (cpus != NULL) {
                cpus->nr = nr_cpus;
                memcpy(cpus->map, tmp_cpus, payload_size);
-               atomic_set(&cpus->refcnt, 1);
+               refcount_set(&cpus->refcnt, 1);
        }
 
        return cpus;
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ struct cpu_map *cpu_map__dummy_new(void)
        if (cpus != NULL) {
                cpus->nr = 1;
                cpus->map[0] = -1;
-               atomic_set(&cpus->refcnt, 1);
+               refcount_set(&cpus->refcnt, 1);
        }
 
        return cpus;
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ struct cpu_map *cpu_map__empty_new(int nr)
                for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
                        cpus->map[i] = -1;
 
-               atomic_set(&cpus->refcnt, 1);
+               refcount_set(&cpus->refcnt, 1);
        }
 
        return cpus;
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ struct cpu_map *cpu_map__empty_new(int nr)
 static void cpu_map__delete(struct cpu_map *map)
 {
        if (map) {
-               WARN_ONCE(atomic_read(&map->refcnt) != 0,
+               WARN_ONCE(refcount_read(&map->refcnt) != 0,
                          "cpu_map refcnt unbalanced\n");
                free(map);
        }
@@ -286,13 +286,13 @@ static void cpu_map__delete(struct cpu_map *map)
 struct cpu_map *cpu_map__get(struct cpu_map *map)
 {
        if (map)
-               atomic_inc(&map->refcnt);
+               refcount_inc(&map->refcnt);
        return map;
 }
 
 void cpu_map__put(struct cpu_map *map)
 {
-       if (map && atomic_dec_and_test(&map->refcnt))
+       if (map && refcount_dec_and_test(&map->refcnt))
                cpu_map__delete(map);
 }
 
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ int cpu_map__build_map(struct cpu_map *cpus, struct cpu_map 
**res,
        /* ensure we process id in increasing order */
        qsort(c->map, c->nr, sizeof(int), cmp_ids);
 
-       atomic_set(&c->refcnt, 1);
+       refcount_set(&c->refcnt, 1);
        *res = c;
        return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
index 06bd689..4f12a01 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 
 struct cpu_map {
-       atomic_t refcnt;
+       refcount_t refcnt;
        int nr;
        int map[];
 };
-- 
2.7.4

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