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diff --git a/include/linux/stackdepot.h b/include/linux/stackdepot.h
index 611716702d73..a6796f178913 100644
--- a/include/linux/stackdepot.h
+++ b/include/linux/stackdepot.h
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ static inline int stack_depot_early_init(void) { return 0; }
*
* If STACK_DEPOT_FLAG_GET is set in @depot_flags, stack depot will increment
* the refcount on the saved stack trace if it already exists in stack depot.
+ * Users of this flag must also call stack_depot_put() when keeping the stack
+ * trace is no longer required to avoid overflowing the refcount.
*
* If the provided stack trace comes from the interrupt context, only the part
* up to the interrupt entry is saved.
@@ -163,6 +165,18 @@ int stack_depot_snprint(depot_stack_handle_t handle, char *buf, size_t size,
int spaces);
/**
+ * stack_depot_put - Drop a reference to a stack trace from stack depot
+ *
+ * @handle: Stack depot handle returned from stack_depot_save()
+ *
+ * The stack trace is evicted from stack depot once all references to it have
+ * been dropped (once the number of stack_depot_evict() calls matches the
+ * number of stack_depot_save_flags() calls with STACK_DEPOT_FLAG_GET set for
+ * this stack trace).
+ */
+void stack_depot_put(depot_stack_handle_t handle);
+
+/**
* stack_depot_set_extra_bits - Set extra bits in a stack depot handle
*
* @handle: Stack depot handle returned from stack_depot_save()