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| author | Reshetova, Elena <elena.reshetova@intel.com> | 2017-06-30 12:07:56 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2017-07-01 16:39:07 +0200 |
| commit | 6343944bc1050dcec7c959f484ee0fb6928db3be (patch) | |
| tree | b6e57e12f2b0c36611563fb349ece8f70e895fd5 /include/net/neighbour.h | |
| parent | net: convert neighbour.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t (diff) | |
| download | linux-6343944bc1050dcec7c959f484ee0fb6928db3be.tar.xz linux-6343944bc1050dcec7c959f484ee0fb6928db3be.zip | |
net: convert neigh_params.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
refcount_t type and corresponding API should be
used instead of atomic_t when the variable is used as
a reference counter. This allows to avoid accidental
refcounter overflows that might lead to use-after-free
situations.
Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/neighbour.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/neighbour.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/neighbour.h b/include/net/neighbour.h index e5ee739d2b8c..afc39e3a3f7c 100644 --- a/include/net/neighbour.h +++ b/include/net/neighbour.h @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ struct neigh_parms { void *sysctl_table; int dead; - atomic_t refcnt; + refcount_t refcnt; struct rcu_head rcu_head; int reachable_time; @@ -396,12 +396,12 @@ void neigh_sysctl_unregister(struct neigh_parms *p); static inline void __neigh_parms_put(struct neigh_parms *parms) { - atomic_dec(&parms->refcnt); + refcount_dec(&parms->refcnt); } static inline struct neigh_parms *neigh_parms_clone(struct neigh_parms *parms) { - atomic_inc(&parms->refcnt); + refcount_inc(&parms->refcnt); return parms; } |