kref_init(9)

💖 kref_init(9) 💖

okay so we’re in the Kernel API Manual, and this little icon is kref_init(9). Let’s go, bestie. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

kref_init — it initializes an object. That’s the whole assignment, and it ate. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void kref_init (struct kref *kref );

No cap, that’s the exact signature: it returns void, and it takes a pointer to a struct kref named kref. 🎀

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• kref — the object in question. Like, the actual struct kref that’s getting initialized. That’s the one. 🫶

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./include/linux/kref.h
• kref_get(9)
• kref_put(9)
• kref_put_mutex(9)
• kref_put_lock(9)
• kref_get_unless_zero(9)

Go read those if you want the whole kref cinematic universe, iykyk. 💫

mwah 💋 this page is from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and kref_init(9) is officially signed off. byeee 👑