-clusterip_config_put(struct clusterip_config *c) {
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&c->refcount)) {
- WRITE_LOCK(&clusterip_lock);
+clusterip_config_put(struct clusterip_config *c)
+{
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&c->refcount))
+ kfree(c);
+}
+
+/* increase the count of entries(rules) using/referencing this config */
+static inline void
+clusterip_config_entry_get(struct clusterip_config *c)
+{
+ atomic_inc(&c->entries);
+}
+
+/* decrease the count of entries using/referencing this config. If last
+ * entry(rule) is removed, remove the config from lists, but don't free it
+ * yet, since proc-files could still be holding references */
+static inline void
+clusterip_config_entry_put(struct clusterip_config *c)
+{
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&c->entries)) {
+ write_lock_bh(&clusterip_lock);