[PATCH v3 02/18] nvmet-fcloop: replace kref with refcount

From: Daniel Wagner
Date: Tue Mar 18 2025 - 06:40:59 EST


The kref wrapper is not really adding any value ontop of refcount. Thus
replace the kref API with the refcount API.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <wagi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c | 37 +++++++++++++------------------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c b/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c
index 09546c3161fd9828234e58641de3e53519e27824..cfce70d1b11ff305b203d716f78fad23f114e9c3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ struct fcloop_nport {
struct fcloop_tport *tport;
struct fcloop_lport *lport;
struct list_head nport_list;
- struct kref ref;
+ refcount_t ref;
u64 node_name;
u64 port_name;
u32 port_role;
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ struct fcloop_fcpreq {
u32 inistate;
bool active;
bool aborted;
- struct kref ref;
+ refcount_t ref;
struct work_struct fcp_rcv_work;
struct work_struct abort_rcv_work;
struct work_struct tio_done_work;
@@ -533,24 +533,18 @@ fcloop_tgt_discovery_evt(struct nvmet_fc_target_port *tgtport)
}

static void
-fcloop_tfcp_req_free(struct kref *ref)
+fcloop_tfcp_req_put(struct fcloop_fcpreq *tfcp_req)
{
- struct fcloop_fcpreq *tfcp_req =
- container_of(ref, struct fcloop_fcpreq, ref);
+ if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&tfcp_req->ref))
+ return;

kfree(tfcp_req);
}

-static void
-fcloop_tfcp_req_put(struct fcloop_fcpreq *tfcp_req)
-{
- kref_put(&tfcp_req->ref, fcloop_tfcp_req_free);
-}
-
static int
fcloop_tfcp_req_get(struct fcloop_fcpreq *tfcp_req)
{
- return kref_get_unless_zero(&tfcp_req->ref);
+ return refcount_inc_not_zero(&tfcp_req->ref);
}

static void
@@ -747,7 +741,7 @@ fcloop_fcp_req(struct nvme_fc_local_port *localport,
INIT_WORK(&tfcp_req->fcp_rcv_work, fcloop_fcp_recv_work);
INIT_WORK(&tfcp_req->abort_rcv_work, fcloop_fcp_abort_recv_work);
INIT_WORK(&tfcp_req->tio_done_work, fcloop_tgt_fcprqst_done_work);
- kref_init(&tfcp_req->ref);
+ refcount_set(&tfcp_req->ref, 1);

queue_work(nvmet_wq, &tfcp_req->fcp_rcv_work);

@@ -1000,12 +994,13 @@ fcloop_fcp_abort(struct nvme_fc_local_port *localport,
}

static void
-fcloop_nport_free(struct kref *ref)
+fcloop_nport_put(struct fcloop_nport *nport)
{
- struct fcloop_nport *nport =
- container_of(ref, struct fcloop_nport, ref);
unsigned long flags;

+ if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&nport->ref))
+ return;
+
spin_lock_irqsave(&fcloop_lock, flags);
list_del(&nport->nport_list);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fcloop_lock, flags);
@@ -1013,16 +1008,10 @@ fcloop_nport_free(struct kref *ref)
kfree(nport);
}

-static void
-fcloop_nport_put(struct fcloop_nport *nport)
-{
- kref_put(&nport->ref, fcloop_nport_free);
-}
-
static int
fcloop_nport_get(struct fcloop_nport *nport)
{
- return kref_get_unless_zero(&nport->ref);
+ return refcount_inc_not_zero(&nport->ref);
}

static void
@@ -1253,7 +1242,7 @@ fcloop_alloc_nport(const char *buf, size_t count, bool remoteport)
newnport->port_role = opts->roles;
if (opts->mask & NVMF_OPT_FCADDR)
newnport->port_id = opts->fcaddr;
- kref_init(&newnport->ref);
+ refcount_set(&newnport->ref, 1);

spin_lock_irqsave(&fcloop_lock, flags);


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