perf cpumap: Convert cpu_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/1487691303-31858-3-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com
[ fixed mixed conversion to refcount in tests/cpumap.c ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
index 1a0549af8f5c..e84491636c1b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 
 struct cpu_map {
-	atomic_t refcnt;
+	refcount_t refcnt;
 	int nr;
 	int map[];
 };