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+<table class="head">
+ <tr>
+ <td class="head-ltitle">DEV_REFTHREAD(9)</td>
+ <td class="head-vol">Kernel Developer's Manual</td>
+ <td class="head-rtitle">DEV_REFTHREAD(9)</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+<div class="manual-text">
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">dev_refthread</code>,
+ <code class="Nm">devvn_refthread</code>,
+ <code class="Nm">dev_relthread</code> &#x2014; <span class="Nd">safely
+ access device methods</span></p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp"><code class="In">#include
+ &lt;<a class="In">sys/param.h</a>&gt;</code>
+ <br/>
+ <code class="In">#include &lt;<a class="In">sys/conf.h</a>&gt;</code></p>
+<p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">struct cdevsw *</var>
+ <br/>
+ <code class="Fn">dev_refthread</code>(<var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">struct
+ cdev *dev</var>, <var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">int
+ *ref</var>);</p>
+<p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">struct cdevsw *</var>
+ <br/>
+ <code class="Fn">devvn_refthread</code>(<var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">struct
+ vnode *vp</var>, <var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">struct cdev
+ **devp</var>, <var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">int
+ *ref</var>);</p>
+<p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">void</var>
+ <br/>
+ <code class="Fn">dev_relthread</code>(<var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">struct
+ cdev *dev</var>, <var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">int
+ ref</var>);</p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp">The
+ <a class="permalink" href="#dev_refthread"><code class="Fn" id="dev_refthread">dev_refthread</code></a>()
+ (or <code class="Fn">devvn_refthread</code>()) and
+ <code class="Fn">dev_relthread</code>() routines provide a safe way to
+ access <a class="Xr">devfs(4)</a> devices that may be concurrently destroyed
+ by
+ <a class="permalink" href="#destroy_dev"><code class="Fn" id="destroy_dev">destroy_dev</code></a>()
+ (e.g., removable media).</p>
+<p class="Pp" id="dev_refthread~2">If successful,
+ <a class="permalink" href="#dev_refthread~2"><code class="Fn">dev_refthread</code></a>()
+ and <code class="Fn">devvn_refthread</code>() acquire a &quot;thread
+ reference&quot; to the associated <var class="Vt">struct cdev</var> and
+ return a non-NULL pointer to the cdev's <var class="Vt">struct cdevsw</var>
+ method table. For the duration of that reference, the cdev's associated
+ private data and method table object are valid. Destruction of the cdev
+ sleeps until the thread reference is released.</p>
+<p class="Pp" id="dev_refthread~3">A reference cannot prevent media removal. It
+ is an implementation detail of individual drivers how method calls from
+ callers with
+ <a class="permalink" href="#dev_refthread~3"><code class="Fn">dev_refthread</code></a>()
+ references are handled when the device is pending destruction. A common
+ behavior for disk devices is to return the <code class="Er">ENXIO</code>
+ status, but that is not required by this KPI.</p>
+<p class="Pp" id="devvn_refthread">The
+ <a class="permalink" href="#devvn_refthread"><code class="Fn">devvn_refthread</code></a>()
+ variant of <code class="Fn">dev_refthread</code>() extracts the
+ <var class="Vt">struct cdev</var> pointer out of the
+ <code class="Dv">VCHR</code> <a class="Xr">vnode(9)</a> automatically before
+ performing the same actions as <code class="Fn">dev_refthread</code>().
+ Additionally, a pointer to the <var class="Vt">struct cdev</var> is returned
+ to the caller via <var class="Fa">*devp</var>.
+ <code class="Fn">devvn_refthread</code>() correctly handles possible
+ parallel reclamation of the vnode.</p>
+<p class="Pp" id="dev_relthread"><a class="permalink" href="#dev_relthread"><code class="Fn">dev_relthread</code></a>()
+ is used to release a reference to a <var class="Vt">struct cdev</var>.
+ <code class="Fn">dev_relthread</code>()
+ <a class="permalink" href="#must"><b class="Sy" id="must">must</b></a> only
+ be invoked when the associated invocation of
+ <code class="Fn">dev_refthread</code>() or
+ <code class="Fn">devvn_refthread</code>() returned a non-NULL
+ <var class="Vt">struct cdevsw *</var>.</p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="CONTEXT"><a class="permalink" href="#CONTEXT">CONTEXT</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp"><var class="Vt">struct cdev</var> objects have two reference
+ counts, <var class="Va">si_refcount</var> and
+ <var class="Va">si_threadcount</var>. The
+ <code class="Fn">dev_refthread</code>(),
+ <code class="Fn">devvn_refthread</code>(), and
+ <code class="Fn">dev_relthread</code>() functions manipulate the
+ <var class="Va">si_threadcount</var>. The
+ <var class="Va">si_threadcount</var> reference guarantees the liveness of
+ the <var class="Vt">struct cdev</var> object. The other
+ <var class="Va">si_refcount</var> reference provides only the weaker
+ guarantee that the memory backing the <var class="Vt">struct cdev</var> has
+ not been freed.</p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="RETURN_VALUES"><a class="permalink" href="#RETURN_VALUES">RETURN
+ VALUES</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp">If <code class="Fn">dev_refthread</code>() or
+ <code class="Fn">devvn_refthread</code>() are unsuccessful, they return
+ <code class="Dv">NULL</code>.</p>
+<div class="Bf Em">If these routines are unsuccessful, they do not increment the
+ <var class="Vt">struct cdev</var> <var class="Va">si_threadcount</var> and do
+ not initialize the value pointed to by the <var class="Fa">*ref</var>
+ parameter in any way.</div>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE
+ ALSO</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">devfs(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">destroy_dev(9)</a></p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="CAVEATS"><a class="permalink" href="#CAVEATS">CAVEATS</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp">Do not invoke <code class="Fn">dev_relthread</code>() unless the
+ matching refthread routine succeeded!</p>
+</section>
+</div>
+<table class="foot">
+ <tr>
+ <td class="foot-date">August 29, 2018</td>
+ <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>