+/*
+ * atomic_dec_if_positive - decrement by 1 if old value positive
+ * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
+ *
+ * The function returns the old value of *v minus 1, even if
+ * the atomic variable, v, was not decremented.
+ */
+static inline int atomic_dec_if_positive(atomic_t *v)
+{
+ int c, old, dec;
+ c = atomic_read(v);
+ for (;;) {
+ dec = c - 1;
+ if (unlikely(dec < 0))
+ break;
+ old = atomic_cmpxchg((v), c, dec);
+ if (likely(old == c))
+ break;
+ c = old;
+ }
+ return dec;
+}
+