The refcount_t API will WARN on underflow and overflow of a reference counter, and avoid use-after-free risks. Increase refcount_t from 0 to 1 is regarded as there is a risk about use-after-free. So it should be set to 1 directly during initialization. Signed-off-by: Weihang Li <liweihang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/core/multicast.c | 17 +++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/multicast.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/multicast.c index a236532..17abc21 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/multicast.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/multicast.c @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct mcast_group { struct list_head active_list; struct mcast_member *last_join; int members[NUM_JOIN_MEMBERSHIP_TYPES]; - atomic_t refcount; + refcount_t refcount; enum mcast_group_state state; struct ib_sa_query *query; u16 pkey_index; @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static void release_group(struct mcast_group *group) unsigned long flags; spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags); - if (atomic_dec_and_test(&group->refcount)) { + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&group->refcount)) { rb_erase(&group->node, &port->table); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags); kfree(group); @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static void queue_join(struct mcast_member *member) list_add_tail(&member->list, &group->pending_list); if (group->state == MCAST_IDLE) { group->state = MCAST_BUSY; - atomic_inc(&group->refcount); + refcount_inc(&group->refcount); queue_work(mcast_wq, &group->work); } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&group->lock, flags); @@ -565,8 +565,11 @@ static struct mcast_group *acquire_group(struct mcast_port *port, if (!is_mgid0) { spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags); group = mcast_find(port, mgid); - if (group) + if (group) { + refcount_inc(&group->refcount); goto found; + } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags); } @@ -590,8 +593,10 @@ static struct mcast_group *acquire_group(struct mcast_port *port, group = cur_group; } else refcount_inc(&port->refcount); + + refcount_set(&group->refcount, 1); + found: - atomic_inc(&group->refcount); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags); return group; } @@ -780,7 +785,7 @@ static void mcast_groups_event(struct mcast_port *port, group = rb_entry(node, struct mcast_group, node); spin_lock(&group->lock); if (group->state == MCAST_IDLE) { - atomic_inc(&group->refcount); + refcount_inc(&group->refcount); queue_work(mcast_wq, &group->work); } if (group->state != MCAST_GROUP_ERROR) -- 2.7.4