1. Remove a warning for dget_dlock
2. Add a similar comment for dget and
add difference between dget and dget_dlock
as suggested by Mr. Randy Dunlap
Signed-off-by: Anup K Parikh <parikhanupk.foss@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/dcache.h | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index f5bba5148..c7742006a 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -297,12 +297,15 @@ extern char *dentry_path(const struct dentry *, char *, int);
/* Allocation counts.. */
/**
- * dget, dget_dlock - get a reference to a dentry
- * @dentry: dentry to get a reference to
+ * dget_dlock - get a reference to a dentry
+ * @dentry: dentry to get a reference to
*
- * Given a dentry or %NULL pointer increment the reference count
- * if appropriate and return the dentry. A dentry will not be
- * destroyed when it has references.
+ * Given a dentry or %NULL pointer increment the reference count
+ * if appropriate and return the dentry. A dentry will not be
+ * destroyed when it has references.
+ *
+ * The reference count increment in this function is not atomic.
+ * Consider dget() if atomicity is required.
*/
static inline struct dentry *dget_dlock(struct dentry *dentry)
{
@@ -311,6 +314,17 @@ static inline struct dentry *dget_dlock(struct dentry *dentry)
return dentry;
}
+/**
+ * dget - get a reference to a dentry
+ * @dentry: dentry to get a reference to
+ *
+ * Given a dentry or %NULL pointer increment the reference count
+ * if appropriate and return the dentry. A dentry will not be
+ * destroyed when it has references.
+ *
+ * This function atomically increments the reference count.
+ * Consider dget_dlock() if atomicity is not required or manually managed.
+ */
static inline struct dentry *dget(struct dentry *dentry)
{
if (dentry)
--
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