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drivers, firewire: convert fw_node.ref_count from atomic_t to refcount_t

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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: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Elena Reshetova 2017-03-06 16:20:49 +02:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent f7d88d24c5
commit 392910cf3f
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drivers/firewire/core-topology.c
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@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static struct fw_node *fw_node_create(u32 sid, int port_count, int color)
node->initiated_reset = SELF_ID_PHY_INITIATOR(sid);
node->port_count = port_count;
atomic_set(&node->ref_count, 1);
refcount_set(&node->ref_count, 1);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&node->link);
return node;