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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.h b/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.h index ab665a6088ac..0247bb5e3dd3 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.h +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.h @@ -52,4 +52,19 @@ void uverbs_cleanup_ucontext(struct ib_ucontext *ucontext, bool device_removed); void uverbs_initialize_ucontext(struct ib_ucontext *ucontext); +/* + * uverbs_uobject_get is called in order to increase the reference count on + * an uobject. This is useful when a handler wants to keep the uobject's memory + * alive, regardless if this uobject is still alive in the context's objects + * repository. Objects are put via uverbs_uobject_put. + */ +void uverbs_uobject_get(struct ib_uobject *uobject); + +/* + * In order to indicate we no longer needs this uobject, uverbs_uobject_put + * is called. When the reference count is decreased, the uobject is freed. + * For example, this is used when attaching a completion channel to a CQ. + */ +void uverbs_uobject_put(struct ib_uobject *uobject); + #endif /* RDMA_CORE_H */ |