/*
* kref.h - library routines for handling generic reference counted objects
*
* Copyright (C) 2004 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
* Copyright (C) 2004 IBM Corp.
*
* based on kobject.h which was:
* Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Patrick Mochel <mochel@osdl.org>
* Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Open Source Development Labs
*
* This file is released under the GPLv2.
*
*/
#ifndef _KREF_H_
#define _KREF_H_
#include <linux/bug.h>
#include <linux/atomic.h>
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_ */
