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>
---
 drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c 
b/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
index 69e9a770..a3d4610 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 
-#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static const int type[VME_DEVS] = { MASTER_MINOR,   
MASTER_MINOR,
 
 struct vme_user_vma_priv {
        unsigned int minor;
-       atomic_t refcnt;
+       refcount_t refcnt;
 };
 
 static ssize_t resource_to_user(int minor, char __user *buf, size_t count,
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static void vme_user_vm_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
        struct vme_user_vma_priv *vma_priv = vma->vm_private_data;
 
-       atomic_inc(&vma_priv->refcnt);
+       refcount_inc(&vma_priv->refcnt);
 }
 
 static void vme_user_vm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static void vme_user_vm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
        struct vme_user_vma_priv *vma_priv = vma->vm_private_data;
        unsigned int minor = vma_priv->minor;
 
-       if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&vma_priv->refcnt))
+       if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&vma_priv->refcnt))
                return;
 
        mutex_lock(&image[minor].mutex);
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ static int vme_user_master_mmap(unsigned int minor, struct 
vm_area_struct *vma)
        }
 
        vma_priv->minor = minor;
-       atomic_set(&vma_priv->refcnt, 1);
+       refcount_set(&vma_priv->refcnt, 1);
        vma->vm_ops = &vme_user_vm_ops;
        vma->vm_private_data = vma_priv;
 
-- 
2.7.4

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