[PATCH] powerpc/mm: Use refcount_t for refcount

[Chuhong Yuan]

Reference counters are preferred to use refcount_t instead of
atomic_t.
This is because the implementation of refcount_t can prevent
overflows and detect possible use-after-free.
So convert atomic_t ref counters to refcount_t.

Signed-off-by: Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/mmu_context.c | 2 +-
 arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c     | 7 +++----
 arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-frag.c         | 9 ++++-----
 include/linux/mm_types.h               | 3 ++-
 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/mmu_context.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/mmu_context.c
index 2d0cb5ba9a47..f836fd5a6abc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/mmu_context.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/mmu_context.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static void pmd_frag_destroy(void *pmd_frag)
 	/* drop all the pending references */
 	count = ((unsigned long)pmd_frag & ~PAGE_MASK) >> PMD_FRAG_SIZE_SHIFT;
 	/* We allow PTE_FRAG_NR fragments from a PTE page */
-	if (atomic_sub_and_test(PMD_FRAG_NR - count, &page->pt_frag_refcount)) {
+	if (refcount_sub_and_test(PMD_FRAG_NR - count, &page->pt_frag_refcount)) {
 		pgtable_pmd_page_dtor(page);
 		__free_page(page);
 	}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c
index 7d0e0d0d22c4..40056896ce4e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static pmd_t *__alloc_for_pmdcache(struct mm_struct *mm)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	atomic_set(&page->pt_frag_refcount, 1);
+	refcount_set(&page->pt_frag_refcount, 1);
 
 	ret = page_address(page);
 	/*
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static pmd_t *__alloc_for_pmdcache(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	 * count.
 	 */
 	if (likely(!mm->context.pmd_frag)) {
-		atomic_set(&page->pt_frag_refcount, PMD_FRAG_NR);
+		refcount_set(&page->pt_frag_refcount, PMD_FRAG_NR);
 		mm->context.pmd_frag = ret + PMD_FRAG_SIZE;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
@@ -317,8 +317,7 @@ void pmd_fragment_free(unsigned long *pmd)
 {
 	struct page *page = virt_to_page(pmd);
 
-	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&page->pt_frag_refcount) <= 0);
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&page->pt_frag_refcount)) {
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&page->pt_frag_refcount)) {
 		pgtable_pmd_page_dtor(page);
 		__free_page(page);
 	}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-frag.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-frag.c
index a7b05214760c..4ef8231b677f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-frag.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-frag.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ void pte_frag_destroy(void *pte_frag)
 	/* drop all the pending references */
 	count = ((unsigned long)pte_frag & ~PAGE_MASK) >> PTE_FRAG_SIZE_SHIFT;
 	/* We allow PTE_FRAG_NR fragments from a PTE page */
-	if (atomic_sub_and_test(PTE_FRAG_NR - count, &page->pt_frag_refcount)) {
+	if (refcount_sub_and_test(PTE_FRAG_NR - count, &page->pt_frag_refcount)) {
 		pgtable_page_dtor(page);
 		__free_page(page);
 	}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static pte_t *__alloc_for_ptecache(struct mm_struct *mm, int kernel)
 			return NULL;
 	}
 
-	atomic_set(&page->pt_frag_refcount, 1);
+	refcount_set(&page->pt_frag_refcount, 1);
 
 	ret = page_address(page);
 	/*
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static pte_t *__alloc_for_ptecache(struct mm_struct *mm, int kernel)
 	 * count.
 	 */
 	if (likely(!pte_frag_get(&mm->context))) {
-		atomic_set(&page->pt_frag_refcount, PTE_FRAG_NR);
+		refcount_set(&page->pt_frag_refcount, PTE_FRAG_NR);
 		pte_frag_set(&mm->context, ret + PTE_FRAG_SIZE);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ void pte_fragment_free(unsigned long *table, int kernel)
 {
 	struct page *page = virt_to_page(table);
 
-	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&page->pt_frag_refcount) <= 0);
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&page->pt_frag_refcount)) {
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&page->pt_frag_refcount)) {
 		if (!kernel)
 			pgtable_page_dtor(page);
 		__free_page(page);
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 3a37a89eb7a7..7fe23a3faf95 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/uprobes.h>
 #include <linux/page-flags-layout.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 
 #include <asm/mmu.h>
 
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ struct page {
 			unsigned long _pt_pad_2;	/* mapping */
 			union {
 				struct mm_struct *pt_mm; /* x86 pgds only */
-				atomic_t pt_frag_refcount; /* powerpc */
+				refcount_t pt_frag_refcount; /* powerpc */
 			};
 #if ALLOC_SPLIT_PTLOCKS
 			spinlock_t *ptl;
-- 
2.20.1