}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(iput);
+/**
+ * iput_not_last - put an inode assuming this is not the last reference
+ * @inode: inode to put
+ */
+void iput_not_last(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ VFS_BUG_ON_INODE(atomic_read(&inode->i_count) < 2, inode);
+
+ WARN_ON(atomic_sub_return(1, &inode->i_count) == 0);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iput_not_last);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
/**
* bmap - find a block number in a file
extern void ihold(struct inode * inode);
extern void iput(struct inode *);
+void iput_not_last(struct inode *);
int inode_update_timestamps(struct inode *inode, int flags);
int generic_update_time(struct inode *, int);