kernel_optimize_test/include
Elena Reshetova 8c94abbbe1 perf: Convert perf_event_context.refcount to refcount_t
atomic_t variables are currently used to implement reference
counters with the following properties:

 - counter is initialized to 1 using atomic_set()
 - a resource is freed upon counter reaching zero
 - once counter reaches zero, its further
   increments aren't allowed
 - counter schema uses basic atomic operations
   (set, inc, inc_not_zero, dec_and_test, etc.)

Such atomic variables should be converted to a newly provided
refcount_t type and API that prevents accidental counter overflows
and underflows. This is important since overflows and underflows
can lead to use-after-free situation and be exploitable.

The variable perf_event_context.refcount is used as pure reference counter.
Convert it to refcount_t and fix up the operations.

** Important note for maintainers:

Some functions from refcount_t API defined in lib/refcount.c
have different memory ordering guarantees than their atomic
counterparts. Please check Documentation/core-api/refcount-vs-atomic.rst
for more information.

Normally the differences should not matter since refcount_t provides
enough guarantees to satisfy the refcounting use cases, but in
some rare cases it might matter.
Please double check that you don't have some undocumented
memory guarantees for this variable usage.

For the perf_event_context.refcount it might make a difference
in following places:

 - get_ctx(), perf_event_ctx_lock_nested(), perf_lock_task_context()
   and __perf_event_ctx_lock_double(): increment in
   refcount_inc_not_zero() only guarantees control dependency
   on success vs. fully ordered atomic counterpart
 - put_ctx(): decrement in refcount_dec_and_test() provides
   RELEASE ordering and ACQUIRE ordering + control dependency on success
   vs. fully ordered atomic counterpart

Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: acme@kernel.org
Cc: namhyung@kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1548678448-24458-2-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2019-02-04 08:46:15 +01:00
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acpi
asm-generic Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-01-05 09:16:18 -08:00
clocksource
crypto
drm Merge tag 'drm-intel-fixes-2019-01-11' of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-intel into drm-fixes 2019-01-11 10:26:21 +01:00
dt-bindings Mostly driver fixes, but there's a core framework fix in here too. 2019-01-31 23:22:57 -08:00
keys
kvm
linux perf: Convert perf_event_context.refcount to refcount_t 2019-02-04 08:46:15 +01:00
math-emu
media
memory
misc
net net: tls: Save iv in tls_rec for async crypto requests 2019-01-28 23:05:55 -08:00
pcmcia
ras
rdma RDMA/device: Expose ib_device_try_get(() 2019-01-21 14:33:08 -07:00
scsi
soc
sound ASoC: Fixes for v5.0 2019-01-18 15:17:17 +01:00
target
trace afs: Fix race in async call refcounting 2019-01-17 15:17:28 +00:00
uapi Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core, to pick up fixes 2019-02-04 08:45:42 +01:00
video
xen arm64/xen: fix xen-swiotlb cache flushing 2019-01-23 22:14:56 +01:00