2 files changed, 20 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ceph/buffer.c b/fs/ceph/buffer.c
index cf9aaccef22b..847c5da9a0db 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/buffer.c
@@ -9,13 +9,25 @@ struct ceph_buffer *ceph_buffer_new(gfp_t gfp)
         b = kmalloc(sizeof(*b), gfp);
         if (!b)
                 return NULL;
-        atomic_set(&b->nref, 1);
+        kref_init(&b->kref);
         b->vec.iov_base = NULL;
         b->vec.iov_len = 0;
         b->alloc_len = 0;
         return b;
 }
 
+void ceph_buffer_release(struct kref *kref)
+{
+        struct ceph_buffer *b = container_of(kref, struct ceph_buffer, kref);
+        if (b->vec.iov_base) {
+                if (b->is_vmalloc)
+                        vfree(b->vec.iov_base);
+                else
+                        kfree(b->vec.iov_base);
+        }
+        kfree(b);
+}
+
 int ceph_buffer_alloc(struct ceph_buffer *b, int len, gfp_t gfp)
 {
         b->vec.iov_base = kmalloc(len, gfp | __GFP_NOWARN);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/buffer.h b/fs/ceph/buffer.h
index 16b1930acc45..3f541a13094f 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/buffer.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/buffer.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef __FS_CEPH_BUFFER_H
 #define __FS_CEPH_BUFFER_H
 
+#include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
  * sizes.
  */
 struct ceph_buffer {
-        atomic_t nref;
+        struct kref kref;
         struct kvec vec;
         size_t alloc_len;
         bool is_vmalloc;
@@ -24,21 +25,16 @@ int ceph_buffer_alloc(struct ceph_buffer *b, int len, gfp_t gfp);
 
 static inline struct ceph_buffer *ceph_buffer_get(struct ceph_buffer *b)
 {
-        atomic_inc(&b->nref);
+        kref_get(&b->kref);
         return b;
 }
 
+void ceph_buffer_release(struct kref *kref);
+
 static inline void ceph_buffer_put(struct ceph_buffer *b)
 {
-        if (b && atomic_dec_and_test(&b->nref)) {
-                if (b->vec.iov_base) {
-                        if (b->is_vmalloc)
-                                vfree(b->vec.iov_base);
-                        else
-                                kfree(b->vec.iov_base);
-                }
-                kfree(b);
-        }
+        if (b)
+                kref_put(&b->kref, ceph_buffer_release);
 }
 
 static inline struct ceph_buffer *ceph_buffer_new_alloc(int len, gfp_t gfp)