blkg_put(9)

💅 blkg_put(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so welcome to blkg_put(9), bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual and today we're literally just putting a blkg reference back down. that's it. that's the whole page. but we're gonna do it cutely 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

blkg_put — put a blkg reference 🫶

like, you had a reference, and now you're releasing it. no cap, that's the entire vibe.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void blkg_put (struct blkcg_gq *blkg );

yes the space before the closing paren is staying, it's iconic, don't touch it ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• blkg — the blkg you want to put 🦋. that's the blkg to put, fr fr. hand it over and let it go.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay bestie, the whole group chat is here, every single one of them:

• Kernel file ./block/blk-cgroup.h — the file, the source, the origin story 👑
• bio_issue_as_root_blkg(9)
• blkg_lookup(9)
• blkg_to_pd(9)
• pd_to_blkg(9)
• blkg_get(9)
• blkg_tryget(9)
• blkg_for_each_descendant_pre(9)
• blkg_for_each_descendant_post(9)
• blkcg_set_delay(9)
• blkcg_clear_delay(9)
• blk_cgroup_mergeable(9)

like, the whole squad 💜 go read them, iykyk.

ngl if you're reaching for blkg_put(9) you probably already met blkg_get(9) and blkg_tryget(9) first. balance in all things 🌈

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⭐ the cute sign-off ⭐

this little gem lives in ./block and the version of this page is dated October 2026 — mark your calendars bestie 🎀🦋💅