config_item_put(9)

💅 config_item_put — Kernel API Manual, section 9 💅

okay bestie, so this is config_item_put(9) from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the "say bye to your refcount" page 🎀 like it's a tiny little function but the way it keeps your kernel from leaking memory is genuinely iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

config_item_put — decrement the refcount for an item, periodt.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void config_item_put (struct config_item *item );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• item — the item. that's it. that's the argument. it's an item. 🫶

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what it does is it decrements the refcount, no cap. and if that refcount hits 0? it calls config_item_cleanup. slay, that's the whole thing 💅

real talk though — this is refcount business, so like, don't be out here putting an item you never got/got a reference to. that's the vibe check you do NOT want to fail 😭

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• the kernel file ./fs/configfs/item.c (yes, that's where the lore lives 👑)
• config_item_init(9)
• config_item_set_name(9)
• config_group_init(9)
• config_group_find_item(9)

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that's a wrap babes 🦋 — this page lives in ./fs/configfs, dated October 2026, and it's giving "small function, big responsibility" main character energy. go forth and decrement responsibly 💖✨