proc: clean up and fix /proc/<pid>/mem handling
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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
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18#include <linux/bug.h>
19#include <linux/atomic.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);
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32}
33
34/**
35 * kref_get - increment refcount for object.
36 * @kref: object.
37 */
38static inline void kref_get(struct kref *kref)
39{
40 WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&kref->refcount));
41 atomic_inc(&kref->refcount);
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42}
43
44/**
47dbd7d9 45 * kref_sub - subtract a number of refcounts for object.
4af679cd 46 * @kref: object.
47dbd7d9 47 * @count: Number of recounts to subtract.
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48 * @release: pointer to the function that will clean up the object when the
49 * last reference to the object is released.
50 * This pointer is required, and it is not acceptable to pass kfree
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51 * in as this function. If the caller does pass kfree to this
52 * function, you will be publicly mocked mercilessly by the kref
53 * maintainer, and anyone else who happens to notice it. You have
54 * been warned.
4af679cd 55 *
47dbd7d9 56 * Subtract @count from the refcount, and if 0, call release().
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57 * Return 1 if the object was removed, otherwise return 0. Beware, if this
58 * function returns 0, you still can not count on the kref from remaining in
59 * memory. Only use the return value if you want to see if the kref is now
60 * gone, not present.
61 */
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62static inline int kref_sub(struct kref *kref, unsigned int count,
63 void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
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64{
65 WARN_ON(release == NULL);
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47dbd7d9 67 if (atomic_sub_and_test((int) count, &kref->refcount)) {
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68 release(kref);
69 return 1;
70 }
71 return 0;
72}
73
4af679cd 74/**
47dbd7d9 75 * kref_put - decrement refcount for object.
4af679cd 76 * @kref: object.
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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
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80 * in as this function. If the caller does pass kfree to this
81 * function, you will be publicly mocked mercilessly by the kref
82 * maintainer, and anyone else who happens to notice it. You have
83 * been warned.
4af679cd 84 *
47dbd7d9 85 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call release().
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86 * Return 1 if the object was removed, otherwise return 0. Beware, if this
87 * function returns 0, you still can not count on the kref from remaining in
88 * memory. Only use the return value if you want to see if the kref is now
89 * gone, not present.
90 */
47dbd7d9 91static inline int kref_put(struct kref *kref, void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
4af679cd 92{
47dbd7d9 93 return kref_sub(kref, 1, release);
4af679cd 94}
1da177e4 95#endif /* _KREF_H_ */
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