2 * kref.h - library routines for handling generic reference counted objects
5 * Copyright (C) 2004 IBM Corp.
7 * based on kobject.h which was:
9 * Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Open Source Development Labs
11 * This file is released under the GPLv2.
18 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
19 #include <linux/refcount.h>
25 #define KREF_INIT(n) { .refcount = REFCOUNT_INIT(n), }
28 * kref_init - initialize object.
29 * @kref: object in question.
31 static inline void kref_init(struct kref *kref)
33 refcount_set(&kref->refcount, 1);
36 static inline unsigned int kref_read(const struct kref *kref)
38 return refcount_read(&kref->refcount);
42 * kref_get - increment refcount for object.
45 static inline void kref_get(struct kref *kref)
47 refcount_inc(&kref->refcount);
51 * kref_put - decrement refcount for object.
53 * @release: pointer to the function that will clean up the object when the
54 * last reference to the object is released.
55 * This pointer is required, and it is not acceptable to pass kfree
56 * in as this function. If the caller does pass kfree to this
57 * function, you will be publicly mocked mercilessly by the kref
58 * maintainer, and anyone else who happens to notice it. You have
61 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call release().
62 * Return 1 if the object was removed, otherwise return 0. Beware, if this
63 * function returns 0, you still can not count on the kref from remaining in
64 * memory. Only use the return value if you want to see if the kref is now
67 static inline int kref_put(struct kref *kref, void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
69 WARN_ON(release == NULL);
71 if (refcount_dec_and_test(&kref->refcount)) {
78 static inline int kref_put_mutex(struct kref *kref,
79 void (*release)(struct kref *kref),
82 WARN_ON(release == NULL);
84 if (refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock(&kref->refcount, lock)) {
91 static inline int kref_put_lock(struct kref *kref,
92 void (*release)(struct kref *kref),
95 WARN_ON(release == NULL);
97 if (refcount_dec_and_lock(&kref->refcount, lock)) {
105 * kref_get_unless_zero - Increment refcount for object unless it is zero.
108 * Return non-zero if the increment succeeded. Otherwise return 0.
110 * This function is intended to simplify locking around refcounting for
111 * objects that can be looked up from a lookup structure, and which are
112 * removed from that lookup structure in the object destructor.
113 * Operations on such objects require at least a read lock around
114 * lookup + kref_get, and a write lock around kref_put + remove from lookup
115 * structure. Furthermore, RCU implementations become extremely tricky.
116 * With a lookup followed by a kref_get_unless_zero *with return value check*
117 * locking in the kref_put path can be deferred to the actual removal from
118 * the lookup structure and RCU lookups become trivial.
120 static inline int __must_check kref_get_unless_zero(struct kref *kref)
122 return refcount_inc_not_zero(&kref->refcount);
124 #endif /* _KREF_H_ */