github.com/SagerNet/gvisor@v0.0.0-20210707092255-7731c139d75c/pkg/refsvfs2/refs.go (about)

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    14  
    15  // Package refsvfs2 defines an interface for a reference-counted object.
    16  package refsvfs2
    17  
    18  import (
    19  	"github.com/SagerNet/gvisor/pkg/context"
    20  )
    21  
    22  // RefCounter is the interface to be implemented by objects that are reference
    23  // counted.
    24  type RefCounter interface {
    25  	// IncRef increments the reference counter on the object.
    26  	IncRef()
    27  
    28  	// DecRef decrements the object's reference count. Users of refs_template.Refs
    29  	// may specify a destructor to be called once the reference count reaches zero.
    30  	DecRef(ctx context.Context)
    31  
    32  	// TryIncRef attempts to increment the reference count, but may fail if all
    33  	// references have already been dropped, in which case it returns false. If
    34  	// true is returned, then a valid reference is now held on the object.
    35  	TryIncRef() bool
    36  }