The patch titled Subject: kernel/pid.c: convert struct pid:count to refcount_t has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was convert-struct-pid-count-to-refcount_t.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged ------------------------------------------------------ From: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: kernel/pid.c: convert struct pid:count to refcount_t 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. No change in behavior if CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL=n. [akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: convert init_struct_pid as well] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190327145331.215360-1-joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/pid.h | 5 +++-- kernel/pid.c | 10 +++++----- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) --- a/include/linux/pid.h~convert-struct-pid-count-to-refcount_t +++ a/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]; @@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ extern const struct file_operations pidf static inline struct pid *get_pid(struct pid *pid) { if (pid) - atomic_inc(&pid->count); + refcount_inc(&pid->count); return pid; } --- a/kernel/pid.c~convert-struct-pid-count-to-refcount_t +++ a/kernel/pid.c @@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ #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> struct pid init_struct_pid = { - .count = ATOMIC_INIT(1), + .count = REFCOUNT_INIT(1), .tasks = { { .first = NULL }, { .first = NULL }, @@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ 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_read(&pid->count) == 1) || + refcount_dec_and_test(&pid->count)) { kmem_cache_free(ns->pid_cachep, pid); put_pid_ns(ns); } @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ struct pid *alloc_pid(struct pid_namespa } 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]); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are