1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h b/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h
index 1ba2ca56a6ef..8fb1488a3cd4 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ static inline void *kvzalloc(size_t size)
         return __aa_kvmalloc(size, __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 
+/* returns 0 if kref not incremented */
+static inline int kref_get_not0(struct kref *kref)
+{
+        return atomic_inc_not_zero(&kref->refcount);
+}
+
 /**
  * aa_strneq - compare null terminated @str to a non null terminated substring
  * @str: a null terminated string