dvb_device_put(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 dvb_device_put(9)

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie — we're in kernel-land, specifically the DVB (digital video broadcasting) corner of it 🌈. And like, it's a short one. Iconic of it honestly.

✨ NAME ✨

dvb_device_put — decrease the dvb_device reference count 🎀

like, you're letting go of a reference. releasing your grip. saying "okay bye diva" to one refcount 👋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void dvb_device_put (struct dvb_device *dvbdev);

it returns void, so don't go looking for a return value, there isn't one, periodt 💀

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • dvbdev — pointer to struct dvb_device 🫶 that's it. that's the whole argument list. a single pointer to a struct dvb_device, the thing you're dropping a reference on.

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

okay this is the part where you meet the whole friend group, and they're all defined over in the kernel file ./include/media/dvbdev.h 📁✨ so like, go read that if you want the full lore. iykyk:

like, dvb_device_get(9) is literally right there and it's the opposite vibe — that one increases the reference, this one decreases it. they're a matching set your honor 💜 and yes, the (9) on everything means these are kernel-API pages, that's just how section 9 rolls 👑

fr fr, if you're here because you grabbed a dvb_device reference somewhere, you do need to give it back with dvb_device_put or the accounting gets messy — that's the whole point of the pair, no cap 🫶

that's the whole page bestie, short and slay 💅✨ — this lil' entry calls ./include/media home and it's dated October 2026 🌸🦋 so like, bookmark it, screenshot it, whatever, mwah 💖

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