lockref_mark_dead(9)

💖 lockref_mark_dead(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for lockref_mark_dead(9) — yes, that manual name is right there, we’re being fancy. This one is short and sweet, no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

lockref_mark_dead — marks a lockref dead. literally that’s the job 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void lockref_mark_dead (struct lockref *lockref );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• lockref — pointer to lockref structure. that’s the whole argument, bestie 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./lib/lockref.c, plus these iconic little references:

• lockref_get(9)
• lockref_get_not_zero(9)
• lockref_put_return(9)
• lockref_put_or_lock(9)
• lockref_get_not_dead(9)

and that’s the page, bestie 😭💖 source/version is ./lib, dated October 2026 — mwah, go slay your kernel reading 🧚✨