[PATCH v5 2/5] refcount: add refcount_final_put tracepoint
From: Eugene Mavick
Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 23:52:21 EST
Add the refcount_final_put tracepoint to __refcount_sub_and_test()
and refcount_dec_if_one()
refcount_final_put fires when a reference
count reaches zero and the object enters its final release path.
refcount_final_put records three fields:
- caller: function that called the refcounting
function(refcount_sub_and_test, percpu_ref_put_many)
- ip: return address of trace wrapper macro call
- obj: refcount object(struct percpu_ref, refcount_t)
Signed-off-by: Eugene Mavick <m@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/refcount.h | 2 ++
lib/refcount.c | 6 +++++-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/refcount.h b/include/linux/refcount.h
index ba7657ced281..23291a31d1be 100644
--- a/include/linux/refcount.h
+++ b/include/linux/refcount.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
#include <linux/limits.h>
#include <linux/refcount_types.h>
#include <linux/spinlock_types.h>
+#include <linux/refcount_trace.h>
struct mutex;
@@ -393,6 +394,7 @@ bool __refcount_sub_and_test(int i, refcount_t *r, int *oldp)
if (old > 0 && old == i) {
smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
+ do_trace_refcount_final_put(r);
return true;
}
diff --git a/lib/refcount.c b/lib/refcount.c
index a207a8f22b3c..8b148b576503 100644
--- a/lib/refcount.c
+++ b/lib/refcount.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include <linux/refcount.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/refcount_trace.h>
#define REFCOUNT_WARN(str) WARN_ONCE(1, "refcount_t: " str ".\n")
@@ -56,7 +57,10 @@ bool refcount_dec_if_one(refcount_t *r)
{
int val = 1;
- return atomic_try_cmpxchg_release(&r->refs, &val, 0);
+ bool ret = atomic_try_cmpxchg_release(&r->refs, &val, 0);
+
+ do_trace_refcount_final_put_cond(ret, r);
+ return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(refcount_dec_if_one);
--
2.51.2