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Commit d4f0284a authored by Elena Reshetova's avatar Elena Reshetova Committed by Linus Torvalds
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fs, nilfs: convert nilfs_root.count 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 nilfs_root.count is used as pure reference counter.
Convert it to refcount_t and fix up the operations.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1509367935-3086-3-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp


Signed-off-by: default avatarElena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarRyusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
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 avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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