[PATCH 16/18] net, ipx: convert ipx_route.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
From: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Date: 2017-03-17 11:16:08
Also in:
bridge, linux-bluetooth, linux-hams, lkml
Subsystem:
networking [general], networking [ipv4/ipv6], the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, David Ahern, Ido Schimmel, Linus Torvalds
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 <redacted> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <redacted> Signed-off-by: David Windsor <redacted> --- include/net/ipx.h | 6 +++--- net/ipx/ipx_route.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/ipx.h b/include/net/ipx.h
index 2de1281..af32b97 100644
--- a/include/net/ipx.h
+++ b/include/net/ipx.h@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct ipx_route { unsigned char ir_routed; unsigned char ir_router_node[IPX_NODE_LEN]; struct list_head node; /* node in ipx_routes list */ - atomic_t refcnt; + refcount_t refcnt; }; struct ipx_cb {
@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ static __inline__ void ipxitf_put(struct ipx_interface *intrfc) static __inline__ void ipxrtr_hold(struct ipx_route *rt) { - atomic_inc(&rt->refcnt); + refcount_inc(&rt->refcnt); } static __inline__ void ipxrtr_put(struct ipx_route *rt) { - if (atomic_dec_and_test(&rt->refcnt)) + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&rt->refcnt)) kfree(rt); } #endif /* _NET_INET_IPX_H_ */
diff --git a/net/ipx/ipx_route.c b/net/ipx/ipx_route.c
index 3e2a32a..b5d9144 100644
--- a/net/ipx/ipx_route.c
+++ b/net/ipx/ipx_route.c@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int ipxrtr_add_route(__be32 network, struct ipx_interface *intrfc, if (!rt) goto out; - atomic_set(&rt->refcnt, 1); + refcount_set(&rt->refcnt, 1); ipxrtr_hold(rt); write_lock_bh(&ipx_routes_lock); list_add(&rt->node, &ipx_routes);
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