refcount_t type and corresponding API can protect refcounters from accidental underflow and overflow and further use-after-free situations. Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/fscache/cache.c | 8 ++++---- include/linux/fscache-cache.h | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/fscache/cache.c b/fs/fscache/cache.c index fcc136361415..a17faaae3668 100644 --- a/fs/fscache/cache.c +++ b/fs/fscache/cache.c @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct fscache_cache_tag *__fscache_lookup_cache_tag(const char *name) list_for_each_entry(tag, &fscache_cache_tag_list, link) { if (strcmp(tag->name, name) == 0) { - atomic_inc(&tag->usage); + refcount_inc(&tag->usage); up_read(&fscache_addremove_sem); return tag; } @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ struct fscache_cache_tag *__fscache_lookup_cache_tag(const char *name) /* return a dummy tag if out of memory */ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); - atomic_set(&xtag->usage, 1); + refcount_set(&xtag->usage, 1); strcpy(xtag->name, name); /* write lock, search again and add if still not present */ @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct fscache_cache_tag *__fscache_lookup_cache_tag(const char *name) list_for_each_entry(tag, &fscache_cache_tag_list, link) { if (strcmp(tag->name, name) == 0) { - atomic_inc(&tag->usage); + refcount_inc(&tag->usage); up_write(&fscache_addremove_sem); kfree(xtag); return tag; @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void __fscache_release_cache_tag(struct fscache_cache_tag *tag) if (tag != ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)) { down_write(&fscache_addremove_sem); - if (atomic_dec_and_test(&tag->usage)) + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&tag->usage)) list_del_init(&tag->link); else tag = NULL; diff --git a/include/linux/fscache-cache.h b/include/linux/fscache-cache.h index 3235ddbdcc09..d3c609cfd762 100644 --- a/include/linux/fscache-cache.h +++ b/include/linux/fscache-cache.h @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_FSCACHE_CACHE_H #define _LINUX_FSCACHE_CACHE_H +#include <linux/refcount.h> #include <linux/fscache.h> #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/workqueue.h> @@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ struct fscache_cache_tag { struct fscache_cache *cache; /* cache referred to by this tag */ unsigned long flags; #define FSCACHE_TAG_RESERVED 0 /* T if tag is reserved for a cache */ - atomic_t usage; + refcount_t usage; char name[]; /* tag name */ }; -- 2.7.4 -- Linux-cachefs mailing list Linux-cachefs@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cachefs