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drivers, net, ppp: convert asyncppp.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
authorElena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Fri, 20 Oct 2017 07:23:46 +0000 (10:23 +0300)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sun, 22 Oct 2017 01:22:39 +0000 (02:22 +0100)
commit313a912155c78ed87ad6fca175dc56b75fd00a58
tree265fd14a918c1eddf6799edd2f7981bbb5658d2f
parent28206cdb3bc079a97d24c33b4427395f9e406fad
drivers, net, ppp: convert asyncppp.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 asyncppp.refcnt 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>
drivers/net/ppp/ppp_async.c