1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h
index 51c5b405692..49fd1ea2295 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 static inline long atomic64_read(const atomic64_t *v)
 {
-        return v->counter;
+        return (*(volatile long *)&(v)->counter);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -221,4 +221,27 @@ static inline int atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, long a, long u)
 
 #define atomic64_inc_not_zero(v) atomic64_add_unless((v), 1, 0)
 
+/*
+ * atomic64_dec_if_positive - decrement by 1 if old value positive
+ * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
+ *
+ * The function returns the old value of *v minus 1, even if
+ * the atomic variable, v, was not decremented.
+ */
+static inline long atomic64_dec_if_positive(atomic64_t *v)
+{
+        long c, old, dec;
+        c = atomic64_read(v);
+        for (;;) {
+                dec = c - 1;
+                if (unlikely(dec < 0))
+                        break;
+                old = atomic64_cmpxchg((v), c, dec);
+                if (likely(old == c))
+                        break;
+                c = old;
+        }
+        return dec;
+}
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_ATOMIC64_64_H */