On 07/13/2013 12:58 PM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (2013/07/09 10:09), Waiman Long wrote:> +/**
>> + * lockref_put_or_lock - decrements count unless count <= 1 before decrement
>> + * @lockcnt: pointer to lockref structure
>> + * Return: 1 if count updated successfully or 0 if count <= 1 and
Hi,
(2013/07/09 10:09), Waiman Long wrote:> +/**
> + * lockref_put_or_lock - decrements count unless count <= 1 before decrement
> + * @lockcnt: pointer to lockref structure
> + * Return: 1 if count updated successfully or 0 if count <= 1 and lock taken
> + *
> + * The only difference between lock
This patch introduces a new set of spinlock_refcount.h header files to
be included by kernel codes that want to do a faster lockless update
of reference count protected by a spinlock.
The new lockref structure consists of just the spinlock and the
reference count data. Helper functions are defined
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