lockref_put_or_lock(9)

💅 lockref_put_or_lock(9) — Kernel API Manual 💅

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🎀 NAME 🎀

lockref_put_or_lock — decrements count unless count <= 1 before decrement. periodt 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool lockref_put_or_lock (struct lockref *lockref );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• lockref — pointer to lockref structure. literally just a pointer to the lockref struct, no cap 🫶

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

1 if count updated successfully, or 0 if count <= 1 and lock taken. that’s the whole vibe check 💖

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./lib/lockref.c
• lockref_get(9)
• lockref_get_not_zero(9)
• lockref_put_return(9)
• lockref_mark_dead(9)
• lockref_get_not_dead(9)

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