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+#ifndef _KCOMPAT_KREF_H
+#define _KCOMPAT_KREF_H
+
+/*
+ * Kernel sourcecode compatible reference counting implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Novell Inc.
+ *
+ * Author: Jan Blunck <jblunck@suse.de>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <urcu/uatomic_arch.h>
+
+struct kref {
+ long refcount; /* ATOMIC */
+};
+
+static inline void kref_set(struct kref *ref, int val)
+{
+ uatomic_set(&ref->refcount, val);
+}
+
+static inline void kref_init(struct kref *ref)
+{
+ kref_set(ref, 1);
+}
+
+static inline void kref_get(struct kref *ref)
+{
+ long result = uatomic_add_return(&ref->refcount, 1);
+ assert(result != 0);
+}
+
+static inline void kref_put(struct kref *ref, void (*release)(struct kref *))
+{
+ long res = uatomic_sub_return(&ref->refcount, 1);
+ if (res == 0)
+ release(ref);
+}
+
+#endif /* _KCOMPAT_KREF_H */