kref: Remove the memory barriers
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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);
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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
51 * in as this function.
52 *
47dbd7d9 53 * Subtract @count from the refcount, and if 0, call release().
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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 */
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59static inline int kref_sub(struct kref *kref, unsigned int count,
60 void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
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61{
62 WARN_ON(release == NULL);
63 WARN_ON(release == (void (*)(struct kref *))kfree);
64
47dbd7d9 65 if (atomic_sub_and_test((int) count, &kref->refcount)) {
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66 release(kref);
67 return 1;
68 }
69 return 0;
70}
71
4af679cd 72/**
47dbd7d9 73 * kref_put - decrement refcount for object.
4af679cd 74 * @kref: object.
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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 *
47dbd7d9 80 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call release().
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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 */
47dbd7d9 86static inline int kref_put(struct kref *kref, void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
4af679cd 87{
47dbd7d9 88 return kref_sub(kref, 1, release);
4af679cd 89}
1da177e4 90#endif /* _KREF_H_ */