userns: use refcount_t for reference counting instead atomic_t
authorSebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Wed, 22 Aug 2018 04:55:38 +0000 (21:55 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:52:46 +0000 (10:52 -0700)
commitfc37191272a972d449bab3d8247cf52cadf5d4e6
tree17510f69e906aacff6c2a5c89f72ac4f17fb40f4
parent060288a7320b2837a8ff2af1b3643bdbd5e568f6
userns: use refcount_t for reference counting instead atomic_t

refcount_t type and corresponding API should be used instead of atomic_t
wh en the variable is used as a reference counter.  This avoids accidental
refcounter overflows that might lead to use-after-free situations.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180703200141.28415-6-bigeasy@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/sched/user.h
kernel/user.c