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[09/29] drivers, md: convert table_device.count from atomic_t to refcount_t

Message ID 1488810076-3754-10-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Not Applicable, archived
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Reshetova, Elena March 6, 2017, 2:20 p.m. UTC 
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.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/md/dm.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 9f37d7f..cba91c3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ 
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/pr.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 
 #define DM_MSG_PREFIX "core"
 
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@  struct dm_md_mempools {
 
 struct table_device {
 	struct list_head list;
-	atomic_t count;
+	refcount_t count;
 	struct dm_dev dm_dev;
 };
 
@@ -680,10 +681,11 @@  int dm_get_table_device(struct mapped_device *md, dev_t dev, fmode_t mode,
 
 		format_dev_t(td->dm_dev.name, dev);
 
-		atomic_set(&td->count, 0);
+		refcount_set(&td->count, 1);
 		list_add(&td->list, &md->table_devices);
+	} else {
+		refcount_inc(&td->count);
 	}
-	atomic_inc(&td->count);
 	mutex_unlock(&md->table_devices_lock);
 
 	*result = &td->dm_dev;
@@ -696,7 +698,7 @@  void dm_put_table_device(struct mapped_device *md, struct dm_dev *d)
 	struct table_device *td = container_of(d, struct table_device, dm_dev);
 
 	mutex_lock(&md->table_devices_lock);
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&td->count)) {
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&td->count)) {
 		close_table_device(td, md);
 		list_del(&td->list);
 		kfree(td);
@@ -713,7 +715,7 @@  static void free_table_devices(struct list_head *devices)
 		struct table_device *td = list_entry(tmp, struct table_device, list);
 
 		DMWARN("dm_destroy: %s still exists with %d references",
-		       td->dm_dev.name, atomic_read(&td->count));
+		       td->dm_dev.name, refcount_read(&td->count));
 		kfree(td);
 	}
 }