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.reshet...@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkam...@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwind...@gmail.com>
---
 fs/btrfs/scrub.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index 8299f64..08895d8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ struct scrub_block {
        struct scrub_page       *pagev[SCRUB_MAX_PAGES_PER_BLOCK];
        int                     page_count;
        atomic_t                outstanding_pages;
-       atomic_t                refs; /* free mem on transition to zero */
+       refcount_t              refs; /* free mem on transition to zero */
        struct scrub_ctx        *sctx;
        struct scrub_parity     *sparity;
        struct {
@@ -1998,12 +1998,12 @@ static int scrub_checksum_super(struct scrub_block 
*sblock)
 
 static void scrub_block_get(struct scrub_block *sblock)
 {
-       atomic_inc(&sblock->refs);
+       refcount_inc(&sblock->refs);
 }
 
 static void scrub_block_put(struct scrub_block *sblock)
 {
-       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sblock->refs)) {
+       if (refcount_dec_and_test(&sblock->refs)) {
                int i;
 
                if (sblock->sparity)
@@ -2255,7 +2255,7 @@ static int scrub_pages(struct scrub_ctx *sctx, u64 
logical, u64 len,
 
        /* one ref inside this function, plus one for each page added to
         * a bio later on */
-       atomic_set(&sblock->refs, 1);
+       refcount_set(&sblock->refs, 1);
        sblock->sctx = sctx;
        sblock->no_io_error_seen = 1;
 
@@ -2555,7 +2555,7 @@ static int scrub_pages_for_parity(struct scrub_parity 
*sparity,
 
        /* one ref inside this function, plus one for each page added to
         * a bio later on */
-       atomic_set(&sblock->refs, 1);
+       refcount_set(&sblock->refs, 1);
        sblock->sctx = sctx;
        sblock->no_io_error_seen = 1;
        sblock->sparity = sparity;
-- 
2.7.4

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