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@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/btrfs/ctree.h | 3 ++- fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c | 12 ++++++------ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h index 00e3518..557af39 100644 --- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h +++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ #include <linux/security.h> #include <linux/sizes.h> #include <linux/dynamic_debug.h> +#include <linux/refcount.h> #include "extent_io.h" #include "extent_map.h" #include "async-thread.h" @@ -517,7 +518,7 @@ struct btrfs_caching_control { struct btrfs_work work; struct btrfs_block_group_cache *block_group; u64 progress; - atomic_t count; + refcount_t count; }; /* Once caching_thread() finds this much free space, it will wake up waiters. */ diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c index 63ba295..796001b 100644 --- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c @@ -315,14 +315,14 @@ get_caching_control(struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache) } ctl = cache->caching_ctl; - atomic_inc(&ctl->count); + refcount_inc(&ctl->count); spin_unlock(&cache->lock); return ctl; } static void put_caching_control(struct btrfs_caching_control *ctl) { - if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ctl->count)) + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&ctl->count)) kfree(ctl); } @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ static int cache_block_group(struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache, init_waitqueue_head(&caching_ctl->wait); caching_ctl->block_group = cache; caching_ctl->progress = cache->key.objectid; - atomic_set(&caching_ctl->count, 1); + refcount_set(&caching_ctl->count, 1); btrfs_init_work(&caching_ctl->work, btrfs_cache_helper, caching_thread, NULL, NULL); @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static int cache_block_group(struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache, struct btrfs_caching_control *ctl; ctl = cache->caching_ctl; - atomic_inc(&ctl->count); + refcount_inc(&ctl->count); prepare_to_wait(&ctl->wait, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); spin_unlock(&cache->lock); @@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ static int cache_block_group(struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache, } down_write(&fs_info->commit_root_sem); - atomic_inc(&caching_ctl->count); + refcount_inc(&caching_ctl->count); list_add_tail(&caching_ctl->list, &fs_info->caching_block_groups); up_write(&fs_info->commit_root_sem); @@ -10415,7 +10415,7 @@ int btrfs_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, &fs_info->caching_block_groups, list) if (ctl->block_group == block_group) { caching_ctl = ctl; - atomic_inc(&caching_ctl->count); + refcount_inc(&caching_ctl->count); break; } } -- 2.7.4