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  • Committer: Package Import Robot
  • Author(s): Alessio Igor Bogani
  • Date: 2011-10-26 11:13:05 UTC
  • Revision ID: package-import@ubuntu.com-20111026111305-tz023xykf0i6eosh
Tags: upstream-3.2.0
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#include <linux/module.h>
 
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#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
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#include <linux/atomic.h>
 
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/*
 
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 * This is an implementation of the notion of "decrement a
 
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 * reference count, and return locked if it decremented to zero".
 
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 *
 
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 * NOTE NOTE NOTE! This is _not_ equivalent to
 
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 *
 
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 *      if (atomic_dec_and_test(&atomic)) {
 
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 *              spin_lock(&lock);
 
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 *              return 1;
 
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 *      }
 
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 *      return 0;
 
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 *
 
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 * because the spin-lock and the decrement must be
 
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 * "atomic".
 
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 */
 
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int _atomic_dec_and_lock(atomic_t *atomic, spinlock_t *lock)
 
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{
 
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        /* Subtract 1 from counter unless that drops it to 0 (ie. it was 1) */
 
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        if (atomic_add_unless(atomic, -1, 1))
 
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                return 0;
 
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        /* Otherwise do it the slow way */
 
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        spin_lock(lock);
 
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        if (atomic_dec_and_test(atomic))
 
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                return 1;
 
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        spin_unlock(lock);
 
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        return 0;
 
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}
 
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(_atomic_dec_and_lock);