Reference counters are preferred to use refcount_t instead of atomic_t. This is because the implementation of refcount_t can prevent overflows and detect possible use-after-free. So convert atomic_t ref counters to refcount_t. Signed-off-by: Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/s390/mm/extmem.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/extmem.c b/arch/s390/mm/extmem.c index 0b5622714c12..78e801287c72 100644 --- a/arch/s390/mm/extmem.c +++ b/arch/s390/mm/extmem.c @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ #include <linux/memblock.h> #include <linux/ctype.h> #include <linux/ioport.h> +#include <linux/refcount.h> #include <asm/diag.h> #include <asm/page.h> #include <asm/pgtable.h> @@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ struct dcss_segment { char res_name[16]; unsigned long start_addr; unsigned long end; - atomic_t ref_count; + refcount_t ref_count; int do_nonshared; unsigned int vm_segtype; struct qrange range[6]; @@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ __segment_load (char *name, int do_nonshared, unsigned long *addr, unsigned long seg->start_addr = start_addr; seg->end = end_addr; seg->do_nonshared = do_nonshared; - atomic_set(&seg->ref_count, 1); + refcount_set(&seg->ref_count, 1); list_add(&seg->list, &dcss_list); *addr = seg->start_addr; *end = seg->end; @@ -422,7 +423,7 @@ segment_load (char *name, int do_nonshared, unsigned long *addr, rc = __segment_load (name, do_nonshared, addr, end); else { if (do_nonshared == seg->do_nonshared) { - atomic_inc(&seg->ref_count); + refcount_inc(&seg->ref_count); *addr = seg->start_addr; *end = seg->end; rc = seg->vm_segtype; @@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ segment_modify_shared (char *name, int do_nonshared) rc = 0; goto out_unlock; } - if (atomic_read (&seg->ref_count) != 1) { + if (refcount_read(&seg->ref_count) != 1) { pr_warn("DCSS %s is in use and cannot be reloaded\n", name); rc = -EAGAIN; goto out_unlock; @@ -544,7 +545,7 @@ segment_unload(char *name) pr_err("Unloading unknown DCSS %s failed\n", name); goto out_unlock; } - if (atomic_dec_return(&seg->ref_count) != 0) + if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&seg->ref_count)) goto out_unlock; release_resource(seg->res); kfree(seg->res); -- 2.20.1