[ltt-dev] [PATCH] urcu_ref: do error checking on urcu_ref_put

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

* Paolo Bonzini (pbonzini at redhat.com) wrote:
> Underflow is what you really want to trap.  When you reach urcu_ref_get, it
> is already too late.

Merged, thanks!

Mathieu

> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini at redhat.com>
> ---
>  urcu/urcu_ref.h |    7 ++++---
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/urcu/urcu_ref.h b/urcu/urcu_ref.h
> index bce7116..06b81b9 100644
> --- a/urcu/urcu_ref.h
> +++ b/urcu/urcu_ref.h
> @@ -33,14 +33,15 @@ static inline void urcu_ref_init(struct urcu_ref *ref)
>  
>  static inline void urcu_ref_get(struct urcu_ref *ref)
>  {
> -	long res = uatomic_add_return(&ref->refcount, 1);
> -	assert(res != 0);
> +	uatomic_add(&ref->refcount, 1);
>  }
>  
>  static inline void urcu_ref_put(struct urcu_ref *ref,
>  				void (*release)(struct urcu_ref *))
>  {
> -	if (!uatomic_sub_return(&ref->refcount, 1))
> +        long res = uatomic_sub_return(&ref->refcount, 1);
> +        assert (res >= 0);
> +        if (res == 0)
>  		release(ref);
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.4.4
> 
> 
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Mathieu Desnoyers
Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com