bdi: use refcount_t for reference counting instead atomic_t
authorSebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Wed, 22 Aug 2018 04:55:31 +0000 (21:55 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:52:46 +0000 (10:52 -0700)
commite58dd0de5eadf145895b13451a1fef8ef03946eb
treef5db856cd6e69abf35e136e8c2666469ac6b51d3
parentcedc5b6aab493f6b1b1d381dccc0cc082da7d3d8
bdi: use refcount_t for reference counting instead atomic_t

refcount_t type and corresponding API should be used instead of atomic_t
when the variable is used as a reference counter.  This permits avoiding
accidental refcounter overflows that might lead to use-after-free
situations.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180703200141.28415-4-bigeasy@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
include/linux/backing-dev.h
mm/backing-dev.c