* in as this function.
*
* 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.
*/
-void kref_put(struct kref *kref, void (*release) (struct kref *kref))
+int kref_put(struct kref *kref, void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
{
WARN_ON(release == NULL);
WARN_ON(release == (void (*)(struct kref *))kfree);
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&kref->refcount))
+ /*
+ * if current count is one, we are the last user and can release object
+ * right now, avoiding an atomic operation on 'refcount'
+ */
+ if ((atomic_read(&kref->refcount) == 1) ||
+ (atomic_dec_and_test(&kref->refcount))) {
release(kref);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kref_init);