utils: Add ref_cur() to retrieve the current value of a reference counter
On many architectures it is safe to read the value directly (those using cache coherency protocols, and with atomic loads for 32-bit values) but it is not if that's not the case or if we ever decide to make refcount_t 64-bit (load not atomic on x86). So make sure the operation is actually atomic and that users do not have to care about the size of refcount_t.
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@@ -528,7 +528,6 @@ refcount_t ref_get(refcount_t *ref)
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pthread_mutex_lock(&ref_mutex);
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current = ++(*ref);
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pthread_mutex_unlock(&ref_mutex);
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return current;
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}
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@@ -545,6 +544,19 @@ bool ref_put(refcount_t *ref)
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return !more_refs;
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}
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/**
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* Current refcount
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*/
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refcount_t ref_cur(refcount_t *ref)
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{
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refcount_t current;
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pthread_mutex_lock(&ref_mutex);
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current = *ref;
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pthread_mutex_unlock(&ref_mutex);
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return current;
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}
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/**
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* Single mutex for all compare and swap operations.
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*/
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