cutils: add simple reference counter
Change-Id: Iefb34abc864cb4ca2da2f1c85c45f89af8c7fe8b
diff --git a/include/cutils/aref.h b/include/cutils/aref.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _CUTILS_AREF_H_
+#define _CUTILS_AREF_H_
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+#ifdef ANDROID_SMP
+#include <cutils/atomic-inline.h>
+#else
+#include <cutils/atomic.h>
+#endif
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define AREF_TO_ITEM(aref, container, member) \
+ (container *) (((char*) (aref)) - offsetof(container, member))
+
+struct aref
+{
+ volatile int32_t count;
+};
+
+static inline void aref_init(struct aref *r)
+{
+ r->count = 1;
+}
+
+static inline int32_t aref_count(struct aref *r)
+{
+ return r->count;
+}
+
+static inline void aref_get(struct aref *r)
+{
+ android_atomic_inc(&r->count);
+}
+
+static inline void aref_put(struct aref *r, void (*release)(struct aref *))
+{
+ if (android_atomic_dec(&r->count) == 1)
+ release(r);
+}
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif // _CUTILS_AREF_H_