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authorElena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>2017-02-21 17:34:58 +0200
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2017-03-03 19:07:15 -0300
commit7100810a75b9854f1b05550b54500497c5914d4b (patch)
tree9bf5548a61505a4d64e3fdf995d8f15d6d275651 /tools/perf/util/dso.h
parent6df74bc08bc2201f65fb0e81cd5feb787575f7ce (diff)
perf dso: Convert dso.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
The 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: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Kees Kook <keescook@chromium.org> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Kees Kook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Matija Glavinic Pecotic <matija.glavinic-pecotic.ext@nokia.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1487691303-31858-5-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/dso.h')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/dso.h4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index ecc4bbd3f82e..12350b171727 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#ifndef __PERF_DSO
#define __PERF_DSO
-#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/rbtree.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ struct dso {
void *priv;
u64 db_id;
};
- atomic_t refcnt;
+ refcount_t refcnt;
char name[0];
};