From 7de9c6ee3ecffd99e1628e81a5ea5468f7581a1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:11:40 -0400 Subject: new helper: ihold() Clones an existing reference to inode; caller must already hold one. Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/inode.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'fs/inode.c') diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 430d70f2abe7..05ea293d5f32 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -320,6 +320,15 @@ void __iget(struct inode *inode) atomic_inc(&inode->i_count); } +/* + * get additional reference to inode; caller must already hold one. + */ +void ihold(struct inode *inode) +{ + WARN_ON(atomic_inc_return(&inode->i_count) < 2); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ihold); + static void inode_lru_list_add(struct inode *inode) { if (list_empty(&inode->i_list)) { -- cgit