The core reference counting code is centralized in p_refcnt.h.
This has some consequences related to struct pipe_buffer:
* The screen member of struct pipe_buffer must be initialized, or
pipe_buffer_reference() will crash trying to destroy a buffer with reference
count 0. u_simple_screen takes care of this, but I may have missed some of
the drivers not using it.
* Except for rare exceptions deep in winsys code, buffers must always be
allocated via pipe_buffer_create() or via screen->*buffer_create() rather
than via winsys->*buffer_create().
José Fonseca
Jakob Bornecrantz
Michel Dänzer
Keith Whitwell