ipv4: fib: Add fib_info_hold() helper

As explained in the previous commit, modules are going to need to take a reference on fib info and then drop it using fib_info_put(). Add the fib_info_hold() helper to make the code more readable and also symmetric with fib_info_put(). Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <[email protected]> Suggested-by: Jiri Pirko <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
OpenDingux · Dec 4, 2016 · 1c677b3 · 1c677b3
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diff --git a/include/net/ip_fib.h b/include/net/ip_fib.h
@@ -397,6 +397,11 @@ static inline void fib_combine_itag(u32 *itag, const struct fib_result *res)
 
 void free_fib_info(struct fib_info *fi);
 
+static inline void fib_info_hold(struct fib_info *fi)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&fi->fib_clntref);
+}
+
 static inline void fib_info_put(struct fib_info *fi)
 {
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&fi->fib_clntref))