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.reshet...@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkam...@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwind...@gmail.com>
---
 fs/fuse/fuse_i.h | 2 +-
 fs/fuse/inode.c  | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index 9d43740..6c649f0 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ struct fuse_conn {
        spinlock_t lock;
 
        /** Refcount */
-       atomic_t count;
+       refcount_t count;
 
        /** Number of fuse_dev's */
        atomic_t dev_count;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 6fe6a88..3961c5f 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ void fuse_conn_init(struct fuse_conn *fc)
        memset(fc, 0, sizeof(*fc));
        spin_lock_init(&fc->lock);
        init_rwsem(&fc->killsb);
-       atomic_set(&fc->count, 1);
+       refcount_set(&fc->count, 1);
        atomic_set(&fc->dev_count, 1);
        init_waitqueue_head(&fc->blocked_waitq);
        init_waitqueue_head(&fc->reserved_req_waitq);
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fuse_conn_init);
 
 void fuse_conn_put(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 {
-       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&fc->count)) {
+       if (refcount_dec_and_test(&fc->count)) {
                if (fc->destroy_req)
                        fuse_request_free(fc->destroy_req);
                fc->release(fc);
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fuse_conn_put);
 
 struct fuse_conn *fuse_conn_get(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 {
-       atomic_inc(&fc->count);
+       refcount_inc(&fc->count);
        return fc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fuse_conn_get);
-- 
2.7.4

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