drivers/block/rbd.c: atomic_inc_return_safe() & atomic_dec_return_safe()
From: Shuah Khan
Date: Fri Oct 02 2020 - 18:34:46 EST
All,
I came across these atomic_inc_return_safe() & atomic_dec_return_safe()
functions that hold the counters at safe values.
atomic_inc_return_safe()
If the counter is already 0 it will not be incremented.
If the counter is already at its maximum value returns
-EINVAL without updating it.
atomic_dec_return_safe()
Decrement the counter. Return the resulting value, or -EINVAL
These two routines are static and only used in rbd.c.
Can these become part of atomic_t ops?
thanks,
-- Shuah