diff options
author | Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev> | 2023-12-11 15:15:38 -0500 |
---|---|---|
committer | Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev> | 2023-12-20 19:26:31 -0500 |
commit | f9d6966b7f4182f612208f9dad9e2cfaaf667ba3 (patch) | |
tree | d33c7d6d74661490e84970d68957fc7f804a3bcf /include/linux/refcount_types.h | |
parent | 1ef83969bb12e594fe44ceba406095e80a824c91 (diff) |
refcount: Split out refcount_types.h
More trimming of sched.h dependencies.
Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/refcount_types.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/refcount_types.h | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/refcount_types.h b/include/linux/refcount_types.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..162004f06edf --- /dev/null +++ b/include/linux/refcount_types.h @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ +#ifndef _LINUX_REFCOUNT_TYPES_H +#define _LINUX_REFCOUNT_TYPES_H + +#include <linux/types.h> + +/** + * typedef refcount_t - variant of atomic_t specialized for reference counts + * @refs: atomic_t counter field + * + * The counter saturates at REFCOUNT_SATURATED and will not move once + * there. This avoids wrapping the counter and causing 'spurious' + * use-after-free bugs. + */ +typedef struct refcount_struct { + atomic_t refs; +} refcount_t; + +#endif /* _LINUX_REFCOUNT_TYPES_H */ |