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Commit ab97f873 authored by Elena Reshetova's avatar Elena Reshetova Committed by Jan Kara
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fsnotify: convert fsnotify_mark.refcnt 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 fsnotify_mark.refcnt is used as pure reference counter.
Convert it to refcount_t and fix up the operations.

Suggested-by: default avatarKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarDavid Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarHans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarElena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
parent 6685df31
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