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