drivers, net, mlx4: convert mlx4_cq.refcount from atomic_t to refcount_t

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 mlx4_cq.refcount is used as pure reference counter.
Convert it to refcount_t and fix up the operations.

Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
index b0a57e043fa3..daac2e3a1a58 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpu_rmap.h>
 #include <linux/crash_dump.h>
 
-#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 
 #include <linux/timecounter.h>
 
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ struct mlx4_cq {
 	int			cqn;
 	unsigned		vector;
 
-	atomic_t		refcount;
+	refcount_t		refcount;
 	struct completion	free;
 	struct {
 		struct list_head list;