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ipc/util.h: update documentation for ipc_getref() and ipc_putref()

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Now that ipc_rcu_alloc() and ipc_rcu_free() are removed, document when
it is valid to use ipc_getref() and ipc_putref().

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170525185107.12869-21-manfred@colorfullife.com
Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Manfred Spraul 2017-07-12 14:35:34 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
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@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ int ipcperms(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp, short flg);
* Objects are reference counted, they start with reference count 1.
* getref increases the refcount, the putref call that reduces the recount
* to 0 schedules the rcu destruction. Caller must guarantee locking.
*
* refcount is initialized by ipc_addid(), before that point call_rcu()
* must be used.
*/
int ipc_rcu_getref(struct kern_ipc_perm *ptr);
void ipc_rcu_putref(struct kern_ipc_perm *ptr,