perf cgroup: Convert cgroup_sel.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: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
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>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1487691303-31858-2-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
index eafbf11442b2..86399eda3684 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
@@ -127,19 +127,19 @@ static int add_cgroup(struct perf_evlist *evlist, char *str)
 			goto found;
 		n++;
 	}
-	if (atomic_read(&cgrp->refcnt) == 0)
+	if (refcount_read(&cgrp->refcnt) == 0)
 		free(cgrp);
 
 	return -1;
 found:
-	atomic_inc(&cgrp->refcnt);
+	refcount_inc(&cgrp->refcnt);
 	counter->cgrp = cgrp;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 void close_cgroup(struct cgroup_sel *cgrp)
 {
-	if (cgrp && atomic_dec_and_test(&cgrp->refcnt)) {
+	if (cgrp && refcount_dec_and_test(&cgrp->refcnt)) {
 		close(cgrp->fd);
 		zfree(&cgrp->name);
 		free(cgrp);