RE: [PATCH 0/9] tools subsystem refcounter conversions

[Reshetova, Elena]

> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 05:34:54PM +0200, Elena Reshetova wrote:
> > Now when new refcount_t type and API are finally merged
> > (see include/linux/refcount.h), the following
> > patches convert various refcounters in the tools susystem from atomic_t
> > to refcount_t. By doing this we prevent intentional or accidental
> > underflows or overflows that can led to use-after-free vulnerabilities.
> >
> > The below patches are fully independent and can be cherry-picked
> separately.
> > Since we convert all kernel subsystems in the same fashion, resulting
> > in about 300 patches, we have to group them for sending at least in some
> > fashion to be manageable. Please excuse the long cc list.
> >
> > Elena Reshetova (9):
> >   tools: convert cgroup_sel.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
> >   tools: convert cpu_map.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
> >   tools: convert comm_str.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
> >   tools: convert dso.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
> >   tools: convert map.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
> >   tools: convert map_groups.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
> >   tools: convert perf_map.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
> >   tools: convert thread.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
> >   tools: convert thread_map.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
> >
> >  tools/perf/util/cgroup.c     |  6 +++---
> >  tools/perf/util/cgroup.h     |  4 ++--
> >  tools/perf/util/comm.c       | 13 +++++--------
> >  tools/perf/util/cpumap.c     | 16 ++++++++--------
> >  tools/perf/util/cpumap.h     |  4 ++--
> >  tools/perf/util/dso.c        |  6 +++---
> >  tools/perf/util/dso.h        |  4 ++--
> >  tools/perf/util/evlist.c     | 18 +++++++++---------
> >  tools/perf/util/evlist.h     |  4 ++--
> >  tools/perf/util/map.c        | 10 +++++-----
> >  tools/perf/util/map.h        | 10 +++++-----
> >  tools/perf/util/thread.c     |  6 +++---
> >  tools/perf/util/thread.h     |  4 ++--
> >  tools/perf/util/thread_map.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
> >  tools/perf/util/thread_map.h |  4 ++--
> 
> This is userspace code; did you build this? I see a distinct lack of
> adding refcount.h to the userspace headers.

Oh, damn, indeed... We were approaching this in the whole kernel tree pile in the same way. 
I will fix, rebuild and resend. Sorry about this!