to refCount
=0 and to refCount = 1, so the first reference to the object would start at
refCount = 2.
Sam
From: Nithin Raju [nit...@vmware.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 7:50 AM
To: Samuel Ghinet
Cc: dev@openvswitch.org
Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PA
On Aug 6, 2014, at 9:14 AM, Samuel Ghinet
wrote:
> How it works:
> Say we have a list of OVS_FLOWs, where OVS_FLOW uses OVS_REF_COUNT.
>
> * The OVS_REF_COUNT must be initialized to 0 at object creation.
> * Assign a destruction function to the func ptr "Destroy" of OVS_REF_COUNT.
> * When you
Add RefCount.h
The struct that needs to benefit of reference counting should have an
"OVS_REF_COUNT" field as the
first field in that struct.
What it does:
* It helps shortening the time a spin lock / rw lock is held (the spin lock &
rw lock block the cpu).
* It allows deferred object destructi
