atomic_t variables are currently used to implement reference
counters with the following properties:
- counter is initialized to 1 using atomic_set()
- a resource is freed upon counter reaching zero
- once counter reaches zero, its further
increments aren't allowed
- counter schema uses basic atomic operations
(set, inc, inc_not_zero, dec_and_test, etc.)
Such atomic variables should be converted to a newly provided
refcount_t type and API that prevents accidental counter overflows
and underflows. This is important since overflows and underflows
can lead to use-after-free situation and be exploitable.
The variable xfs_rui_log_item.rui_refcount is used as pure reference counter.
Convert it to refcount_t and fix up the operations.
**Important note for maintainers:
Some functions from refcount_t API defined in lib/refcount.c
have different memory ordering guarantees than their atomic
counterparts.
The full comparison can be seen in
https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/11/15/57 and it is hopefully soon
in state to be merged to the documentation tree.
Normally the differences should not matter since refcount_t provides
enough guarantees to satisfy the refcounting use cases, but in
some rare cases it might matter.
Please double check that you don't have some undocumented
memory guarantees for this variable usage.
For the xfs_rui_log_item.rui_refcount it might make a difference
in following places:
- xfs_rui_release(): decrement in refcount_dec_and_test() only
provides RELEASE ordering and control dependency on success
vs. fully ordered atomic counterpart
Suggested-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: David Windsor <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Hans Liljestrand <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <[email protected]>
---
fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c | 6 +++---
fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c
index f3b139c..f914829f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ xfs_rui_init(
ruip->rui_format.rui_nextents = nextents;
ruip->rui_format.rui_id = (uintptr_t)(void *)ruip;
atomic_set(&ruip->rui_next_extent, 0);
- atomic_set(&ruip->rui_refcount, 2);
+ refcount_set(&ruip->rui_refcount, 2);
return ruip;
}
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ void
xfs_rui_release(
struct xfs_rui_log_item *ruip)
{
- ASSERT(atomic_read(&ruip->rui_refcount) > 0);
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ruip->rui_refcount)) {
+ ASSERT(refcount_read(&ruip->rui_refcount) > 0);
+ if (refcount_dec_and_test(&ruip->rui_refcount)) {
xfs_trans_ail_remove(&ruip->rui_item, SHUTDOWN_LOG_IO_ERROR);
xfs_rui_item_free(ruip);
}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.h
index 340c968..1e425a9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct kmem_zone;
*/
struct xfs_rui_log_item {
struct xfs_log_item rui_item;
- atomic_t rui_refcount;
+ refcount_t rui_refcount;
atomic_t rui_next_extent;
unsigned long rui_flags; /* misc flags */
struct xfs_rui_log_format rui_format;
--
2.7.4
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