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kref: Implement kref_get_unless_zero v3 

This function is intended to simplify locking around refcounting for
objects that can be looked up from a lookup structure, and which are
removed from that lookup structure in the object destructor.
Operations on such objects require at least a read lock around
lookup + kref_get, and a write lock around kref_put + remove from lookup
structure. Furthermore, RCU implementations become extremely tricky.
With a lookup followed by a kref_get_unless_zero *with return value check*
locking in the kref_put path can be deferred to the actual removal from
the lookup structure and RCU lookups become trivial.

v2: Formatting fixes.
v3: Invert the return value.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
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Thomas Hellstrom 2012-11-06 11:31:49 +00:00 committed by Dave Airlie
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@ -111,4 +111,25 @@ static inline int kref_put_mutex(struct kref *kref,
}
return 0;
}
/**
* kref_get_unless_zero - Increment refcount for object unless it is zero.
* @kref: object.
*
* Return non-zero if the increment succeeded. Otherwise return 0.
*
* This function is intended to simplify locking around refcounting for
* objects that can be looked up from a lookup structure, and which are
* removed from that lookup structure in the object destructor.
* Operations on such objects require at least a read lock around
* lookup + kref_get, and a write lock around kref_put + remove from lookup
* structure. Furthermore, RCU implementations become extremely tricky.
* With a lookup followed by a kref_get_unless_zero *with return value check*
* locking in the kref_put path can be deferred to the actual removal from
* the lookup structure and RCU lookups become trivial.
*/
static inline int __must_check kref_get_unless_zero(struct kref *kref)
{
return atomic_add_unless(&kref->refcount, 1, 0);
}
#endif /* _KREF_H_ */