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>
---
fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c | 4 ++--
fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
index d7bc149..4e0acf0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ xfs_efi_init(
efip->efi_format.efi_nextents = nextents;
efip->efi_format.efi_id = (uintptr_t)(void *)efip;
atomic_set(&efip->efi_next_extent, 0);
- atomic_set(&efip->efi_refcount, 2);
+ refcount_set(&efip->efi_refcount, 2);
return efip;
}
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ void
xfs_efi_release(
struct xfs_efi_log_item *efip)
{
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&efip->efi_refcount)) {
+ if (refcount_dec_and_test(&efip->efi_refcount)) {
xfs_trans_ail_remove(&efip->efi_item, SHUTDOWN_LOG_IO_ERROR);
xfs_efi_item_free(efip);
}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.h
index a32c794..fadf736 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct kmem_zone;
*/
typedef struct xfs_efi_log_item {
xfs_log_item_t efi_item;
- atomic_t efi_refcount;
+ refcount_t efi_refcount;
atomic_t efi_next_extent;
unsigned long efi_flags; /* misc flags */
xfs_efi_log_format_t efi_format;
--
2.7.4
