Merge tag 'v3.8-rc3' into v4l_for_linus

Linux 3.8-rc3

* tag 'v3.8-rc3': (11110 commits)
  Linux 3.8-rc3
  mm: reinstante dropped pmd_trans_splitting() check
  cred: Remove tgcred pointer from struct cred
  drm/ttm: fix fence locking in ttm_buffer_object_transfer
  ARM: clps711x: Fix bad merge of clockevents setup
  ARM: highbank: save and restore L2 cache and GIC on suspend
  ARM: highbank: add a power request clear
  ARM: highbank: fix secondary boot and hotplug
  ARM: highbank: fix typos with hignbank in power request functions
  ARM: dts: fix highbank cpu mpidr values
  ARM: dts: add device_type prop to cpu nodes on Calxeda platforms
  drm/prime: drop reference on imported dma-buf come from gem
  xen/netfront: improve truesize tracking
  ARM: mx5: Fix MX53 flexcan2 clock
  ARM: OMAP2+: am33xx-hwmod: Fix wrongly terminated am33xx_usbss_mpu_irqs array
  sctp: fix Kconfig bug in default cookie hmac selection
  EDAC: Cleanup device deregistering path
  EDAC: Fix EDAC Kconfig menu
  EDAC: Fix kernel panic on module unloading
  ALSA: hda - add mute LED for HP Pavilion 17 (Realtek codec)
  ...

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diff --git a/include/linux/kref.h b/include/linux/kref.h
index 65af6887872..4972e6e9ca9 100644
--- a/include/linux/kref.h
+++ b/include/linux/kref.h
@@ -111,4 +111,25 @@ static inline int kref_put_mutex(struct kref *kref,
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/**
+ * kref_get_unless_zero - Increment refcount for object unless it is zero.
+ * @kref: object.
+ *
+ * Return non-zero if the increment succeeded. Otherwise return 0.
+ *
+ * This function is intended to simplify locking around refcounting for
+ * objects that can be looked up from a lookup structure, and which are
+ * removed from that lookup structure in the object destructor.
+ * Operations on such objects require at least a read lock around
+ * lookup + kref_get, and a write lock around kref_put + remove from lookup
+ * structure. Furthermore, RCU implementations become extremely tricky.
+ * With a lookup followed by a kref_get_unless_zero *with return value check*
+ * locking in the kref_put path can be deferred to the actual removal from
+ * the lookup structure and RCU lookups become trivial.
+ */
+static inline int __must_check kref_get_unless_zero(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	return atomic_add_unless(&kref->refcount, 1, 0);
+}
 #endif /* _KREF_H_ */