/* * kref.h - library routines for handling generic reference counted objects * * Copyright (C) 2004 Greg Kroah-Hartman * Copyright (C) 2004 IBM Corp. * * based on kobject.h which was: * Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Patrick Mochel * Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Open Source Development Labs * * This file is released under the GPLv2. * */ #ifndef _KREF_H_ #define _KREF_H_ #include #include #include struct kref { atomic_t refcount; }; /** * kref_init - initialize object. * @kref: object in question. */ static inline void kref_init(struct kref *kref) { atomic_set(&kref->refcount, 1); } /** * kref_get - increment refcount for object. * @kref: object. */ static inline void kref_get(struct kref *kref) { WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&kref->refcount)); atomic_inc(&kref->refcount); } /** * kref_sub - subtract a number of refcounts for object. * @kref: object. * @count: Number of recounts to subtract. * @release: pointer to the function that will clean up the object when the * last reference to the object is released. * This pointer is required, and it is not acceptable to pass kfree * in as this function. If the caller does pass kfree to this * function, you will be publicly mocked mercilessly by the kref * maintainer, and anyone else who happens to notice it. You have * been warned. * * Subtract @count from the refcount, and if 0, call release(). * Return 1 if the object was removed, otherwise return 0. Beware, if this * function returns 0, you still can not count on the kref from remaining in * memory. Only use the return value if you want to see if the kref is now * gone, not present. */ static inline int kref_sub(struct kref *kref, unsigned int count, void (*release)(struct kref *kref)) { WARN_ON(release == NULL); if (atomic_sub_and_test((int) count, &kref->refcount)) { release(kref); return 1; } return 0; } /** * kref_put - decrement refcount for object. * @kref: object. * @release: pointer to the function that will clean up the object when the * last reference to the object is released. * This pointer is required, and it is not acceptable to pass kfree * in as this function. If the caller does pass kfree to this * function, you will be publicly mocked mercilessly by the kref * maintainer, and anyone else who happens to notice it. You have * been warned. * * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call release(). * Return 1 if the object was removed, otherwise return 0. Beware, if this * function returns 0, you still can not count on the kref from remaining in * memory. Only use the return value if you want to see if the kref is now * gone, not present. */ static inline int kref_put(struct kref *kref, void (*release)(struct kref *kref)) { return kref_sub(kref, 1, release); } #endif /* _KREF_H_ */