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Commit 473e90b2 authored by Elena Reshetova's avatar Elena Reshetova Committed by Thomas Gleixner
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x86/mce: Convert threshold_bank.cpus 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.

Suggested-by: default avatarKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarElena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: default avatarHans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarDavid Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Yazen Ghannam <Yazen.Ghannam@amd.com>
Cc: linux-edac <linux-edac@vger.kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1492695536-5947-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
parent 5f0744e5
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