common/sharedptr_registry.hpp: add remove

remove() can be used to clear an entry before all of its
references are removed.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Just <sam.just@inktank.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/common/sharedptr_registry.hpp b/src/common/sharedptr_registry.hpp
index e155015ef60..8669d063a79 100644
--- a/src/common/sharedptr_registry.hpp
+++ b/src/common/sharedptr_registry.hpp
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ public:
     return retval;
   }
 
+  void remove(const K &key) {
+    Mutex::Locker l(lock);
+    contents.erase(key);
+    cond.Signal();
+  }
+
   template<class A>
   VPtr lookup_or_create(const K &key, const A &arg) {
     Mutex::Locker l(lock);