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diff --git a/Documentation/kref.txt b/Documentation/kref.txt index 3af384156d7e..c61eea6f1bf2 100644 --- a/Documentation/kref.txt +++ b/Documentation/kref.txt @@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ since we already have a valid pointer that we own a refcount for. The put needs no lock because nothing tries to get the data without already holding a pointer. +In the above example, kref_put() will be called 2 times in both success +and error paths. This is necessary because the reference count got +incremented 2 times by kref_init() and kref_get(). + Note that the "before" in rule 1 is very important. You should never do something like:: |