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[04/16] drivers, net, mlx4: convert mlx4_qp.refcount from atomic_t to refcount_t

Message ID 1490691403-4016-5-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Not Applicable
Delegated to: Kalle Valo
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Reshetova, Elena March 28, 2017, 8:56 a.m. UTC 
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@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c | 8 ++++----
 include/linux/mlx4/device.h             | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c
index 2d6abd4..6017316 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@  void mlx4_qp_event(struct mlx4_dev *dev, u32 qpn, int event_type)
 
 	qp = __mlx4_qp_lookup(dev, qpn);
 	if (qp)
-		atomic_inc(&qp->refcount);
+		refcount_inc(&qp->refcount);
 
 	spin_unlock(&qp_table->lock);
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@  void mlx4_qp_event(struct mlx4_dev *dev, u32 qpn, int event_type)
 
 	qp->event(qp, event_type);
 
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&qp->refcount))
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&qp->refcount))
 		complete(&qp->free);
 }
 
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@  int mlx4_qp_alloc(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int qpn, struct mlx4_qp *qp, gfp_t gfp)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_icm;
 
-	atomic_set(&qp->refcount, 1);
+	refcount_set(&qp->refcount, 1);
 	init_completion(&qp->free);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mlx4_qp_remove);
 
 void mlx4_qp_free(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_qp *qp)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&qp->refcount))
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&qp->refcount))
 		complete(&qp->free);
 	wait_for_completion(&qp->free);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
index 5fea001..756ca22 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@  struct mlx4_qp {
 
 	int			qpn;
 
-	atomic_t		refcount;
+	refcount_t		refcount;
 	struct completion	free;
 };