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+#ifndef __LINUX_LOCKREF_H
+#define __LINUX_LOCKREF_H
+
+/*
+ * Locked reference counts.
+ *
+ * These are different from just plain atomic refcounts in that they
+ * are atomic with respect to the spinlock that goes with them.  In
+ * particular, there can be implementations that don't actually get
+ * the spinlock for the common decrement/increment operations, but they
+ * still have to check that the operation is done semantically as if
+ * the spinlock had been taken (using a cmpxchg operation that covers
+ * both the lock and the count word, or using memory transactions, for
+ * example).
+ */
+
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+
+struct lockref {
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	unsigned int count;
+};
+
+/**
+ * lockref_get - Increments reference count unconditionally
+ * @lockcnt: pointer to lockref structure
+ *
+ * This operation is only valid if you already hold a reference
+ * to the object, so you know the count cannot be zero.
+ */
+static inline void lockref_get(struct lockref *lockref)
+{
+	spin_lock(&lockref->lock);
+	lockref->count++;
+	spin_unlock(&lockref->lock);
+}
+
+/**
+ * lockref_get_not_zero - Increments count unless the count is 0
+ * @lockcnt: pointer to lockref structure
+ * Return: 1 if count updated successfully or 0 if count is 0
+ */
+static inline int lockref_get_not_zero(struct lockref *lockref)
+{
+	int retval = 0;
+
+	spin_lock(&lockref->lock);
+	if (lockref->count) {
+		lockref->count++;
+		retval = 1;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&lockref->lock);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+/**
+ * lockref_put_or_lock - decrements count unless count <= 1 before decrement
+ * @lockcnt: pointer to lockref structure
+ * Return: 1 if count updated successfully or 0 if count <= 1 and lock taken
+ */
+static inline int lockref_put_or_lock(struct lockref *lockref)
+{
+	spin_lock(&lockref->lock);
+	if (lockref->count <= 1)
+		return 0;
+	lockref->count--;
+	spin_unlock(&lockref->lock);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_LOCKREF_H */