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>
---
include/linux/netpoll.h | 3 ++-
net/core/netpoll.c | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h
index 1828900..27c0aaa 100644
--- a/include/linux/netpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
union inet_addr {
__u32 all[4];
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ struct netpoll {
};
struct netpoll_info {
- atomic_t refcnt;
+ refcount_t refcnt;
struct semaphore dev_lock;
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 891d88e..8b9083d 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device
*ndev)
skb_queue_head_init(&npinfo->txq);
INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&npinfo->tx_work, queue_process);
- atomic_set(&npinfo->refcnt, 1);
+ refcount_set(&npinfo->refcnt, 1);
ops = np->dev->netdev_ops;
if (ops->ndo_netpoll_setup) {
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device
*ndev)
}
} else {
npinfo = rtnl_dereference(ndev->npinfo);
- atomic_inc(&npinfo->refcnt);
+ refcount_inc(&npinfo->refcnt);
}
npinfo->netpoll = np;
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ void __netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np)
synchronize_srcu(&netpoll_srcu);
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&npinfo->refcnt)) {
+ if (refcount_dec_and_test(&npinfo->refcnt)) {
const struct net_device_ops *ops;
ops = np->dev->netdev_ops;
--
2.7.4
