struct pid's count is an atomic_t field used as a refcount. Use refcount_t for it which is basically atomic_t but does additional checking to prevent use-after-free bugs. For memory ordering, the only change is with the following: - if ((atomic_read(&pid->count) == 1) || - atomic_dec_and_test(&pid->count)) { + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&pid->count)) { kmem_cache_free(ns->pid_cachep, pid); Here the change is from: Fully ordered --> RELEASE + ACQUIRE (as per refcount-vs-atomic.rst) This ACQUIRE should take care of making sure the free happens after the refcount_dec_and_test(). The above hunk also removes atomic_read() since it is not needed for the code to work and it is unclear how beneficial it is. The removal lets refcount_dec_and_test() check for cases where get_pid() happened before the object was freed. Cc: jannh@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: oleg@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: will.deacon@xxxxxxx Cc: paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: elena.reshetova@xxxxxxxxx Cc: keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: kernel-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changed to RFC to get any feedback on the memory ordering. include/linux/pid.h | 5 +++-- kernel/pid.c | 7 +++---- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/pid.h b/include/linux/pid.h index 14a9a39da9c7..8cb86d377ff5 100644 --- a/include/linux/pid.h +++ b/include/linux/pid.h @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ #define _LINUX_PID_H #include <linux/rculist.h> +#include <linux/refcount.h> enum pid_type { @@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ struct upid { struct pid { - atomic_t count; + refcount_t count; unsigned int level; /* lists of tasks that use this pid */ struct hlist_head tasks[PIDTYPE_MAX]; @@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ extern struct pid init_struct_pid; static inline struct pid *get_pid(struct pid *pid) { if (pid) - atomic_inc(&pid->count); + refcount_inc(&pid->count); return pid; } diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c index 20881598bdfa..89c4849fab5d 100644 --- a/kernel/pid.c +++ b/kernel/pid.c @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ #include <linux/init_task.h> #include <linux/syscalls.h> #include <linux/proc_ns.h> -#include <linux/proc_fs.h> +#include <linux/refcount.h> #include <linux/sched/task.h> #include <linux/idr.h> @@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ void put_pid(struct pid *pid) return; ns = pid->numbers[pid->level].ns; - if ((atomic_read(&pid->count) == 1) || - atomic_dec_and_test(&pid->count)) { + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&pid->count)) { kmem_cache_free(ns->pid_cachep, pid); put_pid_ns(ns); } @@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ struct pid *alloc_pid(struct pid_namespace *ns) } get_pid_ns(ns); - atomic_set(&pid->count, 1); + refcount_set(&pid->count, 1); for (type = 0; type < PIDTYPE_MAX; ++type) INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&pid->tasks[type]); -- 2.22.0.410.gd8fdbe21b5-goog