binder_dec_ref_olocked(9)

💖 binder_dec_ref_olocked(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual side of the group chat — this is the page for binder_dec_ref_olocked(9), and it's literally about taking a ref down a notch. slay. ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

• binder_dec_ref_olocked — dec the ref for given handle 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool binder_dec_ref_olocked (struct binder_ref *ref , int strong );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ref — the ref that's getting decremented, bestie. 🫶
• strong — if it's true, that's a strong decrement; otherwise it's the weak one. 💀

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so literally: decrement the ref. that's the whole assignment, no secret side quest. periodt. 💅

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👑 RETURN 👑

true if ref is cleaned up and ready to be freed. that's the signal, icon. ✨

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file: ./drivers/android/binder.c

• binder_proc_lock(9)
• binder_proc_unlock(9)
• binder_inner_proc_lock(9)
• binder_inner_proc_unlock(9)
• binder_node_lock(9)
• binder_node_unlock(9)
• binder_node_inner_lock(9)
• binder_node_inner_unlock(9)
• binder_worklist_empty(9)
• binder_enqueue_work_ilocked(9)
• binder_enqueue_deferred_thread_work_ilocked(9)
• binder_enqueue_thread_work_ilocked(9)
• binder_enqueue_thread_work(9)
• binder_dequeue_work(9)
• binder_select_thread_ilocked(9)
• binder_wakeup_thread_ilocked(9)
• binder_inc_node_tmpref(9)
• binder_dec_node_tmpref(9)
• binder_get_ref_for_node_olocked(9)
• binder_inc_ref_olocked(9)
• binder_get_node_from_ref(9)
• binder_free_ref(9)
• binder_update_ref_for_handle(9)
• binder_dec_ref_for_handle(9)
• binder_inc_ref_for_node(9)
• binder_thread_dec_tmpref(9)
• binder_proc_dec_tmpref(9)
• binder_get_txn_from(9)
• binder_get_txn_from_and_acq_inner(9)
• binder_free_txn_fixups(9)
• binder_cleanup_transaction(9)
• binder_get_object(9)
• binder_validate_ptr(9)
• binder_validate_fixup(9)
• struct binder_task_work_cb(9)
• binder_do_fd_close(9)
• binder_deferred_fd_close(9)
• struct binder_ptr_fixup(9)
• struct binder_sg_copy(9)
• binder_do_deferred_txn_copies(9)
• binder_cleanup_deferred_txn_lists(9)
• binder_defer_copy(9)
• binder_add_fixup(9)
• binder_can_update_transaction(9)
• binder_find_outdated_transaction_ilocked(9)
• binder_proc_transaction(9)
• binder_get_node_refs_for_txn(9)
• binder_netlink_report(9)
• binder_free_buf(9)
• binder_apply_fd_fixups(9)
• print_next_binder_node_ilocked(9)

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mwah 💋 — this lil page is stamped from ./drivers/android, dated October 2026, and it's the binder_dec_ref_olocked(9) one. byeee, bestie ✨🫶