bio_put(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 bio_put — release a reference to a bio

okay so real talk, bestie, this is bio_put(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes the whole kernel API manual, we're literally in the big leagues now 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void bio_put (struct bio *bio );

no cap, that's the whole signature. void return — she gives nothing back, she just does the thing 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • bio — the bio you're releasing a reference to. that's her. that's the one. 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so picture this: you've got a reference to a struct bio, and you need to put it back. bio_put is literally the "put the reference back" girlie ✨

The bio you're putting can be one you got with bio_alloc, bio_get, or bio_clone_* — any of those, she doesn't judge 💜

and here's the main character moment: the last put of a bio will free it. 🔥 like, the final bio_put is the one that actually releases the memory. so bestie, mind your reference counts — the last one out turns off the lights 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./block/bio.c — and like, the whole extended friend group:

like, that's the whole group chat. go say hi 🫶

and that's the tea, bestie 🍓 this lil page lives in ./block, dated October 2026, and it's serving kernel energy from start to finish. mwah 💋 stay hydrated and always drop your last reference 🌈👑

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