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/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
index 2425176..9a6bc09 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#include <linux/timer.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/kref.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
struct page;
struct device;
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ enum wb_reason {
*/
struct bdi_writeback_congested {
unsigned long state; /* WB_[a]sync_congested flags */
- atomic_t refcnt; /* nr of attached wb's and blkg */
+ refcount_t refcnt; /* nr of attached wb's and blkg */
#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
struct backing_dev_info *__bdi; /* the associated bdi, set to NULL
