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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/rcuref.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/rcuref.h | 22 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rcuref.h b/include/linux/rcuref.h index 6322d8c1c6b4..2fb2af6d9824 100644 --- a/include/linux/rcuref.h +++ b/include/linux/rcuref.h @@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ static inline void rcuref_init(rcuref_t *ref, unsigned int cnt) * rcuref_read - Read the number of held reference counts of a rcuref * @ref: Pointer to the reference count * - * Return: The number of held references (0 ... N) + * Return: The number of held references (0 ... N). The value 0 does not + * indicate that it is safe to schedule the object, protected by this reference + * counter, for deconstruction. + * If you want to know if the reference counter has been marked DEAD (as + * signaled by rcuref_put()) please use rcuread_is_dead(). */ static inline unsigned int rcuref_read(rcuref_t *ref) { @@ -40,6 +44,22 @@ static inline unsigned int rcuref_read(rcuref_t *ref) return c >= RCUREF_RELEASED ? 0 : c + 1; } +/** + * rcuref_is_dead - Check if the rcuref has been already marked dead + * @ref: Pointer to the reference count + * + * Return: True if the object has been marked DEAD. This signals that a previous + * invocation of rcuref_put() returned true on this reference counter meaning + * the protected object can safely be scheduled for deconstruction. + * Otherwise, returns false. + */ +static inline bool rcuref_is_dead(rcuref_t *ref) +{ + unsigned int c = atomic_read(&ref->refcnt); + + return (c >= RCUREF_RELEASED) && (c < RCUREF_NOREF); +} + extern __must_check bool rcuref_get_slowpath(rcuref_t *ref); /** |