lib/refcount.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/lib/refcount.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
lib/refcount.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 4884 bytes
- Lines
- 187
- Domain
- Kernel Services
- Bucket
- lib
- Inferred role
- Kernel Services: exported/initcall integration point
- Status
- integration implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Shared kernel service surface used by multiple subsystems, including helpers, cryptography, virtualization support, and async I/O infrastructure.
- Shared kernel service surface used by multiple subsystems, including helpers, cryptography, virtualization support, and async I/O infrastructure.
- Exports symbols or registers init work; inspect boot/module ordering and who consumes the exported contract.
- Uses kernel synchronization; read lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt context assumptions before translating.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/mutex.hlinux/refcount.hlinux/spinlock.hlinux/bug.h
Detected Declarations
function refcount_warn_saturatefunction refcount_dec_if_onefunction refcount_dec_not_onefunction atomic_dec_and_mutex_lockfunction atomic_dec_and_lockfunction refcount_dec_and_lockexport refcount_warn_saturateexport refcount_dec_if_oneexport refcount_dec_not_oneexport refcount_dec_and_mutex_lockexport refcount_dec_and_lockexport refcount_dec_and_lock_irqsave
Annotated Snippet
if (new > val) {
WARN_ONCE(new > val, "refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.\n");
return true;
}
} while (!atomic_try_cmpxchg_release(&r->refs, &val, new));
return true;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(refcount_dec_not_one);
/**
* refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock - return holding mutex if able to decrement
* refcount to 0
* @r: the refcount
* @lock: the mutex to be locked
*
* Similar to atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(), it will WARN on underflow and fail
* to decrement when saturated at REFCOUNT_SATURATED.
*
* Provides release memory ordering, such that prior loads and stores are done
* before, and provides a control dependency such that free() must come after.
* See the comment on top.
*
* Return: true and hold mutex if able to decrement refcount to 0, false
* otherwise
*/
bool refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock(refcount_t *r, struct mutex *lock)
{
if (refcount_dec_not_one(r))
return false;
mutex_lock(lock);
if (!refcount_dec_and_test(r)) {
mutex_unlock(lock);
return false;
}
return true;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock);
/**
* refcount_dec_and_lock - return holding spinlock if able to decrement
* refcount to 0
* @r: the refcount
* @lock: the spinlock to be locked
*
* Similar to atomic_dec_and_lock(), it will WARN on underflow and fail to
* decrement when saturated at REFCOUNT_SATURATED.
*
* Provides release memory ordering, such that prior loads and stores are done
* before, and provides a control dependency such that free() must come after.
* See the comment on top.
*
* Return: true and hold spinlock if able to decrement refcount to 0, false
* otherwise
*/
bool refcount_dec_and_lock(refcount_t *r, spinlock_t *lock)
{
if (refcount_dec_not_one(r))
return false;
spin_lock(lock);
if (!refcount_dec_and_test(r)) {
spin_unlock(lock);
return false;
}
return true;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(refcount_dec_and_lock);
/**
* refcount_dec_and_lock_irqsave - return holding spinlock with disabled
* interrupts if able to decrement refcount to 0
* @r: the refcount
* @lock: the spinlock to be locked
* @flags: saved IRQ-flags if the is acquired
*
* Same as refcount_dec_and_lock() above except that the spinlock is acquired
* with disabled interrupts.
*
* Return: true and hold spinlock if able to decrement refcount to 0, false
* otherwise
*/
bool refcount_dec_and_lock_irqsave(refcount_t *r, spinlock_t *lock,
unsigned long *flags)
{
if (refcount_dec_not_one(r))
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/mutex.h`, `linux/refcount.h`, `linux/spinlock.h`, `linux/bug.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function refcount_warn_saturate`, `function refcount_dec_if_one`, `function refcount_dec_not_one`, `function atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock`, `function atomic_dec_and_lock`, `function refcount_dec_and_lock`, `export refcount_warn_saturate`, `export refcount_dec_if_one`, `export refcount_dec_not_one`, `export refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock`.
- Atlas domain: Kernel Services / lib.
- Implementation status: integration implementation candidate.
- Synchronization appears in or near this file; preserve lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt-context constraints.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.