}
/**
- * kref_test_and_get - increment refcount for object only if refcount is not
- * zero.
+ * 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.
*
- * Return non-zero if the refcount was incremented, 0 otherwise
+ * 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.
*/
-int kref_test_and_get(struct kref *kref)
+int kref_put(struct kref *kref, void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
{
- return atomic_inc_not_zero(&kref->refcount);
+ WARN_ON(release == NULL);
+ WARN_ON(release == (void (*)(struct kref *))kfree);
+
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&kref->refcount)) {
+ release(kref);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
}
+
/**
- * kref_put - decrement refcount for object.
+ * 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.
*
- * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call release().
+ * 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.
*/
-int kref_put(struct kref *kref, void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
+int kref_sub(struct kref *kref, unsigned int count,
+ void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
{
WARN_ON(release == NULL);
WARN_ON(release == (void (*)(struct kref *))kfree);
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&kref->refcount)) {
+ if (atomic_sub_and_test((int) count, &kref->refcount)) {
release(kref);
return 1;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kref_init);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kref_get);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kref_put);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kref_sub);