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// Copyright 2020 The gVisor Authors.
//
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// Package refsvfs2 defines an interface for a reference-counted object.
package refsvfs2
import (
"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
)
// RefCounter is the interface to be implemented by objects that are reference
// counted.
type RefCounter interface {
// IncRef increments the reference counter on the object.
IncRef()
// DecRef decrements the object's reference count. Users of refs_template.Refs
// may specify a destructor to be called once the reference count reaches zero.
DecRef(ctx context.Context)
}
// TryRefCounter is like RefCounter but allow the ref increment to be tried.
type TryRefCounter interface {
RefCounter
// TryIncRef attempts to increment the reference count, but may fail if all
// references have already been dropped, in which case it returns false. If
// true is returned, then a valid reference is now held on the object.
TryIncRef() bool
}