perf thread_map: Convert thread_map.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: 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>
Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1487691303-31858-10-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com
[ Did missing tests/thread-map.c conversion ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
index ea0ef08c6303..bd34d7a0b9fa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 
 struct thread_map_data {
 	pid_t    pid;
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ struct thread_map_data {
 };
 
 struct thread_map {
-	atomic_t refcnt;
+	refcount_t refcnt;
 	int nr;
 	struct thread_map_data map[];
 };