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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/sunrpc')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h index 16bd8f8fef8c..6f36b2bf3e05 100644 --- a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h +++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h @@ -206,5 +206,23 @@ struct rpc_cred * get_rpccred(struct rpc_cred *cred) return cred; } +/** + * get_rpccred_rcu - get a reference to a cred using rcu-protected pointer + * @cred: cred of which to take a reference + * + * In some cases, we may have a pointer to a credential to which we + * want to take a reference, but don't already have one. Because these + * objects are freed using RCU, we can access the cr_count while its + * on its way to destruction and only take a reference if it's not already + * zero. + */ +static inline struct rpc_cred * +get_rpccred_rcu(struct rpc_cred *cred) +{ + if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&cred->cr_count)) + return cred; + return NULL; +} + #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ #endif /* _LINUX_SUNRPC_AUTH_H */ |