On Fri, 2017-03-17 at 14:10 +0200, Elena Reshetova wrote:
> 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/sunrpc/auth.h | 8 ++++----
> net/sunrpc/auth.c | 12 ++++++------
> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
> b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
> index b1bc62b..bd36e0b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
> #include <linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h>
> #include <linux/sunrpc/xdr.h>
>
> -#include <linux/atomic.h>
> +#include <linux/refcount.h>
> #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
> #include <linux/uidgid.h>
> #include <linux/utsname.h>
> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct rpc_cred {
> #endif
> unsigned long cr_expire; /* when to gc
> */
> unsigned long cr_flags; /* various
> flags */
> - atomic_t cr_count; /* ref count */
> + refcount_t cr_count; /* ref count */
>
NACK. That's going to be hitting WARN_ONCE(!refcount_inc_not_zero(r),
"refcount_t: increment on 0; use-after-free.\n") like there's no
tomorrow...
Please stop with these automated conversions. They are going to cause a
lot more bugs than they fix.
--
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer, PrimaryData
trond.mykleb...@primarydata.com
