kref_get(9)

💖 kref_get(9) — bestie manual moment 💖

okay so welcome to kref_get(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💅 this page is short and sweet: kref_get increments the refcount for an object. no cap, that’s the whole assignment. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

kref_get — increment refcount for object. periodt, bestie. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature, exactly as served:

void kref_get (struct kref *kref );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• kref — object. that’s the argument, and it’s giving “just the object.” 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./include/linux/kref.h, plus these linked besties:

• kref_init(9)
• kref_put(9)
• kref_put_mutex(9)
• kref_put_lock(9)
• kref_get_unless_zero(9)

xoxo, your kref_get(9) bestie 💖 — source/version is ./include/linux, date is October 2026, and the manual is Kernel API Manual ✨