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1 /*
2  * kref.h - library routines for handling generic reference counted objects
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 
18 #include <linux/bug.h>
19 #include <linux/atomic.h>
20 #include <linux/kernel.h>
21 #include <linux/mutex.h>
22 
23 struct kref {
24 	atomic_t refcount;
25 };
26 
27 #define KREF_INIT(n)	{ .refcount = ATOMIC_INIT(n), }
28 
29 /**
30  * kref_init - initialize object.
31  * @kref: object in question.
32  */
kref_init(struct kref * kref)33 static inline void kref_init(struct kref *kref)
34 {
35 	atomic_set(&kref->refcount, 1);
36 }
37 
kref_read(const struct kref * kref)38 static inline int kref_read(const struct kref *kref)
39 {
40 	return atomic_read(&kref->refcount);
41 }
42 
43 /**
44  * kref_get - increment refcount for object.
45  * @kref: object.
46  */
kref_get(struct kref * kref)47 static inline void kref_get(struct kref *kref)
48 {
49 	/* If refcount was 0 before incrementing then we have a race
50 	 * condition when this kref is freeing by some other thread right now.
51 	 * In this case one should use kref_get_unless_zero()
52 	 */
53 	WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_inc_return(&kref->refcount) < 2);
54 }
55 
56 /**
57  * kref_sub - subtract a number of refcounts for object.
58  * @kref: object.
59  * @count: Number of recounts to subtract.
60  * @release: pointer to the function that will clean up the object when the
61  *	     last reference to the object is released.
62  *	     This pointer is required, and it is not acceptable to pass kfree
63  *	     in as this function.  If the caller does pass kfree to this
64  *	     function, you will be publicly mocked mercilessly by the kref
65  *	     maintainer, and anyone else who happens to notice it.  You have
66  *	     been warned.
67  *
68  * Subtract @count from the refcount, and if 0, call release().
69  * Return 1 if the object was removed, otherwise return 0.  Beware, if this
70  * function returns 0, you still can not count on the kref from remaining in
71  * memory.  Only use the return value if you want to see if the kref is now
72  * gone, not present.
73  */
kref_sub(struct kref * kref,unsigned int count,void (* release)(struct kref * kref))74 static inline int kref_sub(struct kref *kref, unsigned int count,
75 	     void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
76 {
77 	WARN_ON(release == NULL);
78 
79 	if (atomic_sub_and_test((int) count, &kref->refcount)) {
80 		release(kref);
81 		return 1;
82 	}
83 	return 0;
84 }
85 
86 /**
87  * kref_put - decrement refcount for object.
88  * @kref: object.
89  * @release: pointer to the function that will clean up the object when the
90  *	     last reference to the object is released.
91  *	     This pointer is required, and it is not acceptable to pass kfree
92  *	     in as this function.  If the caller does pass kfree to this
93  *	     function, you will be publicly mocked mercilessly by the kref
94  *	     maintainer, and anyone else who happens to notice it.  You have
95  *	     been warned.
96  *
97  * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call release().
98  * Return 1 if the object was removed, otherwise return 0.  Beware, if this
99  * function returns 0, you still can not count on the kref from remaining in
100  * memory.  Only use the return value if you want to see if the kref is now
101  * gone, not present.
102  */
kref_put(struct kref * kref,void (* release)(struct kref * kref))103 static inline int kref_put(struct kref *kref, void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
104 {
105 	return kref_sub(kref, 1, release);
106 }
107 
kref_put_mutex(struct kref * kref,void (* release)(struct kref * kref),struct mutex * lock)108 static inline int kref_put_mutex(struct kref *kref,
109 				 void (*release)(struct kref *kref),
110 				 struct mutex *lock)
111 {
112 	WARN_ON(release == NULL);
113 	if (unlikely(!atomic_add_unless(&kref->refcount, -1, 1))) {
114 		mutex_lock(lock);
115 		if (unlikely(!atomic_dec_and_test(&kref->refcount))) {
116 			mutex_unlock(lock);
117 			return 0;
118 		}
119 		release(kref);
120 		return 1;
121 	}
122 	return 0;
123 }
124 
125 /**
126  * kref_get_unless_zero - Increment refcount for object unless it is zero.
127  * @kref: object.
128  *
129  * Return non-zero if the increment succeeded. Otherwise return 0.
130  *
131  * This function is intended to simplify locking around refcounting for
132  * objects that can be looked up from a lookup structure, and which are
133  * removed from that lookup structure in the object destructor.
134  * Operations on such objects require at least a read lock around
135  * lookup + kref_get, and a write lock around kref_put + remove from lookup
136  * structure. Furthermore, RCU implementations become extremely tricky.
137  * With a lookup followed by a kref_get_unless_zero *with return value check*
138  * locking in the kref_put path can be deferred to the actual removal from
139  * the lookup structure and RCU lookups become trivial.
140  */
kref_get_unless_zero(struct kref * kref)141 static inline int __must_check kref_get_unless_zero(struct kref *kref)
142 {
143 	return atomic_add_unless(&kref->refcount, 1, 0);
144 }
145 #endif /* _KREF_H_ */
146