netdev - Re: [PATCH] cxgb3: Convert from atomic_t to refcount_t on l2t

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Message-ID: <YPQFrf7/VYhW47mF@unreal>
Date:   Sun, 18 Jul 2021 13:42:53 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@...an.edu.cn>
Cc:     Raju Rangoju <rajur@...lsio.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yuanxzhang@...an.edu.cn,
        Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxgb3: Convert from atomic_t to refcount_t on
 l2t_entry->refcnt

On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 06:16:15PM +0800, Xiyu Yang wrote:
> refcount_t type and corresponding API can protect refcounters from
> accidental underflow and overflow and further use-after-free situations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@...an.edu.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/l2t.c | 15 ++++++++-------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/l2t.h | 10 +++++++---
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/l2t.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/l2t.c
> index 9749d1239f58..0f2a47bc20d8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/l2t.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/l2t.c
> @@ -225,10 +225,11 @@ static struct l2t_entry *alloc_l2e(struct l2t_data *d)
>  
>  	/* there's definitely a free entry */
>  	for (e = d->rover, end = &d->l2tab[d->nentries]; e != end; ++e)
> -		if (atomic_read(&e->refcnt) == 0)
> +		if (refcount_read(&e->refcnt) == 0)

All those atomic_t to refcount_t patches can't be right, refcount_t can't be 0.

Thanks