perf dso: Convert dso.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
The 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: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Kook <keescook@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Kook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Matija Glavinic Pecotic <matija.glavinic-pecotic.ext@nokia.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1487691303-31858-5-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index ecc4bbd..12350b1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#ifndef __PERF_DSO
#define __PERF_DSO
-#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/rbtree.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ struct dso {
void *priv;
u64 db_id;
};
- atomic_t refcnt;
+ refcount_t refcnt;
char name[0];
};
