kref: Inline all functions
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1da177e4 1/*
932fb06b 2 * kref.h - library routines for handling generic reference counted objects
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3 *
4 * Copyright (C) 2004 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
5 * Copyright (C) 2004 IBM Corp.
6 *
7 * based on kobject.h which was:
8 * Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Patrick Mochel <mochel@osdl.org>
9 * Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Open Source Development Labs
10 *
11 * This file is released under the GPLv2.
12 *
13 */
14
15#ifndef _KREF_H_
16#define _KREF_H_
17
1da177e4 18#include <linux/types.h>
4af679cd 19#include <linux/slab.h>
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20
21struct kref {
22 atomic_t refcount;
23};
24
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25/**
26 * kref_init - initialize object.
27 * @kref: object in question.
28 */
29static inline void kref_init(struct kref *kref)
30{
31 atomic_set(&kref->refcount, 1);
32 smp_mb();
33}
34
35/**
36 * kref_get - increment refcount for object.
37 * @kref: object.
38 */
39static inline void kref_get(struct kref *kref)
40{
41 WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&kref->refcount));
42 atomic_inc(&kref->refcount);
43 smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
44}
45
46/**
47 * kref_put - decrement refcount for object.
48 * @kref: object.
49 * @release: pointer to the function that will clean up the object when the
50 * last reference to the object is released.
51 * This pointer is required, and it is not acceptable to pass kfree
52 * in as this function.
53 *
54 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call release().
55 * Return 1 if the object was removed, otherwise return 0. Beware, if this
56 * function returns 0, you still can not count on the kref from remaining in
57 * memory. Only use the return value if you want to see if the kref is now
58 * gone, not present.
59 */
60static inline int kref_put(struct kref *kref, void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
61{
62 WARN_ON(release == NULL);
63 WARN_ON(release == (void (*)(struct kref *))kfree);
64
65 if (atomic_dec_and_test(&kref->refcount)) {
66 release(kref);
67 return 1;
68 }
69 return 0;
70}
71
72
73/**
74 * kref_sub - subtract a number of refcounts for object.
75 * @kref: object.
76 * @count: Number of recounts to subtract.
77 * @release: pointer to the function that will clean up the object when the
78 * last reference to the object is released.
79 * This pointer is required, and it is not acceptable to pass kfree
80 * in as this function.
81 *
82 * Subtract @count from the refcount, and if 0, call release().
83 * Return 1 if the object was removed, otherwise return 0. Beware, if this
84 * function returns 0, you still can not count on the kref from remaining in
85 * memory. Only use the return value if you want to see if the kref is now
86 * gone, not present.
87 */
88static inline int kref_sub(struct kref *kref, unsigned int count,
89 void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
90{
91 WARN_ON(release == NULL);
92 WARN_ON(release == (void (*)(struct kref *))kfree);
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94 if (atomic_sub_and_test((int) count, &kref->refcount)) {
95 release(kref);
96 return 1;
97 }
98 return 0;
99}
1da177e4 100#endif /* _KREF_H_ */
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