From: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>,
Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>,
Samiullah Khawaja <skhawaja@google.com>,
David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] liveupdate: Use refcount_t for FLB reference counts
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:40:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260423174032.3140399-2-dmatlack@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260423174032.3140399-1-dmatlack@google.com>
Use refcount_t instead of a raw integer to keep track of references on
incoming and outgoing FLBs. Using refcount_t provides protection from
overflow, underflow, and other issues.
Fixes: cab056f2aae7 ("liveupdate: luo_flb: introduce File-Lifecycle-Bound global state")
Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
---
include/linux/liveupdate.h | 3 ++-
kernel/liveupdate/luo_flb.c | 22 ++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/liveupdate.h b/include/linux/liveupdate.h
index 30c5a39ff9e9..8d3bbc35c828 100644
--- a/include/linux/liveupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/liveupdate.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#include <linux/kho/abi/luo.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
#include <linux/rwsem.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <uapi/linux/liveupdate.h>
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ struct liveupdate_flb_ops {
* @retrieved: True once the FLB's retrieve() callback has run.
*/
struct luo_flb_private_state {
- long count;
+ refcount_t count;
u64 data;
void *obj;
struct mutex lock;
diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_flb.c b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_flb.c
index 00f5494812c4..59c5f31ab767 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_flb.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_flb.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static int luo_flb_file_preserve_one(struct liveupdate_flb *flb)
struct luo_flb_private *private = luo_flb_get_private(flb);
scoped_guard(mutex, &private->outgoing.lock) {
- if (!private->outgoing.count) {
+ if (!refcount_read(&private->outgoing.count)) {
struct liveupdate_flb_op_args args = {0};
int err;
@@ -126,8 +126,10 @@ static int luo_flb_file_preserve_one(struct liveupdate_flb *flb)
}
private->outgoing.data = args.data;
private->outgoing.obj = args.obj;
+ refcount_set(&private->outgoing.count, 1);
+ } else {
+ refcount_inc(&private->outgoing.count);
}
- private->outgoing.count++;
}
return 0;
@@ -138,8 +140,7 @@ static void luo_flb_file_unpreserve_one(struct liveupdate_flb *flb)
struct luo_flb_private *private = luo_flb_get_private(flb);
scoped_guard(mutex, &private->outgoing.lock) {
- private->outgoing.count--;
- if (!private->outgoing.count) {
+ if (refcount_dec_and_test(&private->outgoing.count)) {
struct liveupdate_flb_op_args args = {0};
args.flb = flb;
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ static int luo_flb_retrieve_one(struct liveupdate_flb *flb)
for (int i = 0; i < fh->header_ser->count; i++) {
if (!strcmp(fh->ser[i].name, flb->compatible)) {
private->incoming.data = fh->ser[i].data;
- private->incoming.count = fh->ser[i].count;
+ refcount_set(&private->incoming.count, fh->ser[i].count);
found = true;
break;
}
@@ -208,12 +209,8 @@ static int luo_flb_retrieve_one(struct liveupdate_flb *flb)
static void luo_flb_file_finish_one(struct liveupdate_flb *flb)
{
struct luo_flb_private *private = luo_flb_get_private(flb);
- u64 count;
- scoped_guard(mutex, &private->incoming.lock)
- count = --private->incoming.count;
-
- if (!count) {
+ if (refcount_dec_and_test(&private->incoming.count)) {
struct liveupdate_flb_op_args args = {0};
if (!private->incoming.retrieved) {
@@ -652,12 +649,13 @@ void luo_flb_serialize(void)
guard(rwsem_read)(&luo_register_rwlock);
list_private_for_each_entry(gflb, &luo_flb_global.list, private.list) {
struct luo_flb_private *private = luo_flb_get_private(gflb);
+ long count = refcount_read(&private->outgoing.count);
- if (private->outgoing.count > 0) {
+ if (count > 0) {
strscpy(fh->ser[i].name, gflb->compatible,
sizeof(fh->ser[i].name));
fh->ser[i].data = private->outgoing.data;
- fh->ser[i].count = private->outgoing.count;
+ fh->ser[i].count = count;
i++;
}
}
--
2.54.0.rc2.544.gc7ae2d5bb8-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-23 17:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-23 17:40 [PATCH 0/2] liveupdate: FLB refcounting improvements David Matlack
2026-04-23 17:40 ` David Matlack [this message]
2026-04-23 18:11 ` [PATCH 1/2] liveupdate: Use refcount_t for FLB reference counts Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-23 18:49 ` David Matlack
2026-04-23 19:40 ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-23 19:58 ` Samiullah Khawaja
2026-04-23 17:40 ` [PATCH 2/2] liveupdate: Reference count incoming FLB data David Matlack
2026-04-23 18:21 ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-23 19:46 ` Samiullah Khawaja
2026-04-23 18:13 ` [PATCH 0/2] liveupdate: FLB refcounting improvements Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-23 18:40 ` David Matlack
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