2 files changed, 22 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
index f015f139d491..d44b027f74fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
@@ -115,8 +115,10 @@ static inline bool __pcpu_ref_alive(struct percpu_ref *ref,
  * percpu_ref_get - increment a percpu refcount
  * @ref: percpu_ref to get
  *
- * Analagous to atomic_inc().
-  */
+ * Analagous to atomic_long_inc().
+ *
+ * This function is safe to call as long as @ref is between init and exit.
+ */
 static inline void percpu_ref_get(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 {
         unsigned long __percpu *pcpu_count;
@@ -138,12 +140,12 @@ static inline void percpu_ref_get(struct percpu_ref *ref)
  * Increment a percpu refcount unless its count already reached zero.
  * Returns %true on success; %false on failure.
  *
- * The caller is responsible for ensuring that @ref stays accessible.
+ * This function is safe to call as long as @ref is between init and exit.
  */
 static inline bool percpu_ref_tryget(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 {
         unsigned long __percpu *pcpu_count;
-        int ret = false;
+        int ret;
 
         rcu_read_lock_sched();
 
@@ -166,12 +168,13 @@ static inline bool percpu_ref_tryget(struct percpu_ref *ref)
  * Increment a percpu refcount unless it has already been killed.  Returns
  * %true on success; %false on failure.
  *
- * Completion of percpu_ref_kill() in itself doesn't guarantee that tryget
- * will fail.  For such guarantee, percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm() should be
- * used.  After the confirm_kill callback is invoked, it's guaranteed that
- * no new reference will be given out by percpu_ref_tryget().
+ * Completion of percpu_ref_kill() in itself doesn't guarantee that this
+ * function will fail.  For such guarantee, percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm()
+ * should be used.  After the confirm_kill callback is invoked, it's
+ * guaranteed that no new reference will be given out by
+ * percpu_ref_tryget_live().
  *
- * The caller is responsible for ensuring that @ref stays accessible.
+ * This function is safe to call as long as @ref is between init and exit.
  */
 static inline bool percpu_ref_tryget_live(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 {
@@ -196,6 +199,8 @@ static inline bool percpu_ref_tryget_live(struct percpu_ref *ref)
  *
  * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call the release function (which was passed
  * to percpu_ref_init())
+ *
+ * This function is safe to call as long as @ref is between init and exit.
  */
 static inline void percpu_ref_put(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 {
@@ -216,6 +221,8 @@ static inline void percpu_ref_put(struct percpu_ref *ref)
  * @ref: percpu_ref to test
  *
  * Returns %true if @ref reached zero.
+ *
+ * This function is safe to call as long as @ref is between init and exit.
  */
 static inline bool percpu_ref_is_zero(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 {
diff --git a/lib/percpu-refcount.c b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
index 070dab5e7d77..8ef3f5c20df6 100644
--- a/lib/percpu-refcount.c
+++ b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ static void percpu_ref_kill_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
          * reaching 0 before we add the percpu counts. But doing it at the same
          * time is equivalent and saves us atomic operations:
          */
-
         atomic_long_add((long)count - PCPU_COUNT_BIAS, &ref->count);
 
         WARN_ONCE(atomic_long_read(&ref->count) <= 0,
@@ -120,8 +119,8 @@ static void percpu_ref_kill_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
                 ref->confirm_kill(ref);
 
         /*
-         * Now we're in single atomic_t mode with a consistent refcount, so it's
-         * safe to drop our initial ref:
+         * Now we're in single atomic_long_t mode with a consistent
+         * refcount, so it's safe to drop our initial ref:
          */
         percpu_ref_put(ref);
 }
@@ -134,8 +133,8 @@ static void percpu_ref_kill_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
  * Equivalent to percpu_ref_kill() but also schedules kill confirmation if
  * @confirm_kill is not NULL.  @confirm_kill, which may not block, will be
  * called after @ref is seen as dead from all CPUs - all further
- * invocations of percpu_ref_tryget() will fail.  See percpu_ref_tryget()
- * for more details.
+ * invocations of percpu_ref_tryget_live() will fail.  See
+ * percpu_ref_tryget_live() for more details.
  *
  * Due to the way percpu_ref is implemented, @confirm_kill will be called
  * after at least one full RCU grace period has passed but this is an
@@ -145,8 +144,7 @@ void percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm(struct percpu_ref *ref,
                                  percpu_ref_func_t *confirm_kill)
 {
         WARN_ONCE(ref->pcpu_count_ptr & PCPU_REF_DEAD,
-                  "percpu_ref_kill() called more than once on %pf!",
-                  ref->release);
+                  "%s called more than once on %pf!", __func__, ref->release);
 
         ref->pcpu_count_ptr |= PCPU_REF_DEAD;
         ref->confirm_kill = confirm_kill;
@@ -172,7 +170,7 @@ void percpu_ref_reinit(struct percpu_ref *ref)
         int cpu;
 
         BUG_ON(!pcpu_count);
-        WARN_ON(!percpu_ref_is_zero(ref));
+        WARN_ON_ONCE(!percpu_ref_is_zero(ref));
 
         atomic_long_set(&ref->count, 1 + PCPU_COUNT_BIAS);