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| author |   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> | 2018-08-21 21:55:31 -0700 |
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| committer |   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-08-22 10:52:46 -0700 |
| commit | e58dd0de5eadf145895b13451a1fef8ef03946eb (patch) | |
| tree | f5db856cd6e69abf35e136e8c2666469ac6b51d3 /include | |
| parent | kernel.h: documentation for roundup() vs round_up() (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-e58dd0de5eadf145895b13451a1fef8ef03946eb.tar.xz linux-dev-e58dd0de5eadf145895b13451a1fef8ef03946eb.zip | |
bdi: use refcount_t for reference counting instead atomic_t
refcount_t type and corresponding API should be used instead of atomic_t
when the variable is used as a reference counter. This permits avoiding
accidental refcounter overflows that might lead to use-after-free
situations.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180703200141.28415-4-bigeasy@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/backing-dev.h | 4 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h index 24251762c20c..9a6bc0951cfa 100644 --- a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h +++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ #include <linux/timer.h> #include <linux/workqueue.h> #include <linux/kref.h> +#include <linux/refcount.h> struct page; struct device; @@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ enum wb_reason { */ struct bdi_writeback_congested { unsigned long state; /* WB_[a]sync_congested flags */ - atomic_t refcnt; /* nr of attached wb's and blkg */ + refcount_t refcnt; /* nr of attached wb's and blkg */ #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK struct backing_dev_info *__bdi; /* the associated bdi, set to NULL diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h index 72ca0f3d39f3..c28a47cbe355 100644 --- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h +++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h @@ -404,13 +404,13 @@ static inline bool inode_cgwb_enabled(struct inode *inode) static inline struct bdi_writeback_congested * wb_congested_get_create(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int blkcg_id, gfp_t gfp) { - atomic_inc(&bdi->wb_congested->refcnt); + refcount_inc(&bdi->wb_congested->refcnt); return bdi->wb_congested; } static inline void wb_congested_put(struct bdi_writeback_congested *congested) { - if (atomic_dec_and_test(&congested->refcnt)) + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&congested->refcnt)) kfree(congested); } |