perf map: Convert map_groups.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
authorElena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:35:00 +0000 (17:35 +0200)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Fri, 3 Mar 2017 22:07:15 +0000 (19:07 -0300)
commitead05e8f3fffe2860f0f8d1c23d74c526e9f2a3c
tree4df903e0c518b3a24ccf49a4908aaf966acc2df5
parente3a42cdd3e35d6c2181d5acfa191eb448aea6ace
perf map: Convert map_groups.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/1487691303-31858-7-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com
[ Did the missing conversion of tests/thread-mg-share.c too ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
tools/perf/tests/thread-mg-share.c
tools/perf/util/map.c
tools/perf/util/map.h