kobject_put(9)

✨ kobject_put(9) ✨

okay so bestie, you're looking at kobject_put(9) from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, she's lowkey the most important four lines of your whole driver. let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

kobject_put — Decrement refcount for object. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void kobject_put (struct kobject *kobj );

no return value, no drama, no notes. iconic behavior only 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• kobj — object. that's the one. the object whose refcount we're about to send down a notch 🙈

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea ☕ — kobject_put decrements the refcount, and if that count hits 0, it calls kobject_cleanup. literally that simple, no cap. you drop your reference, and if nobody else is holding on, cleanup gets the party started 🔥

fr fr, one function, one job, main character energy ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie there is a whole kobject family and you're gonna wanna know all of them, so here's the full guest list 💌

Kernel file ./lib/kobject.c:

• kobject_namespace(9)
• kobject_get_ownership(9)
• kobject_get_path(9)
• kobject_set_name_vargs(9)
• kobject_set_name(9)
• kobject_init(9)
• kobject_add(9)
• kobject_init_and_add(9)
• kobject_rename(9)
• kobject_move(9)
• kobject_del(9)
• kobject_get(9)
• kobject_create(9)
• kobject_create_and_add(9)
• kset_init(9)
• kset_register(9)
• kset_unregister(9)
• kset_find_obj(9)
• kset_create(9)
• kset_create_and_add(9)

like… a whole friend group 😭 go read them, iykyk 🧚

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💀 reminder from your girl: putting a kobject means you're giving up your reference. don't touch it after. periodt.

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mwah 💋 this page came from the ./lib source, dated October 2026, and she's filed under kobject_put(9) — catch you in the next manpage, bestie 🎀