drivers, net, mlx4: convert mlx4_cq.refcount from atomic_t to refcount_t

atomic_t variables are currently used to implement reference
counters with the following properties:
 - counter is initialized to 1 using atomic_set()
 - a resource is freed upon counter reaching zero
 - once counter reaches zero, its further
   increments aren't allowed
 - counter schema uses basic atomic operations
   (set, inc, inc_not_zero, dec_and_test, etc.)

Such atomic variables should be converted to a newly provided
refcount_t type and API that prevents accidental counter overflows
and underflows. This is important since overflows and underflows
can lead to use-after-free situation and be exploitable.

The variable mlx4_cq.refcount is used as pure reference counter.
Convert it to refcount_t and fix up the operations.

Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
This commit is contained in:
Elena Reshetova
2017-10-20 10:23:37 +03:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent c6d4e63e06
commit ff61b5e3f0
2 changed files with 6 additions and 6 deletions

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@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
#include <linux/cpu_rmap.h>
#include <linux/crash_dump.h>
#include <linux/atomic.h>
#include <linux/refcount.h>
#include <linux/timecounter.h>
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ struct mlx4_cq {
int cqn;
unsigned vector;
atomic_t refcount;
refcount_t refcount;
struct completion free;
struct {
struct list_head list;