lockref_put_return(9)

💅 NAME 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the lockref_put_return(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ — it's literally about decrementing a reference count if possible. no cap. 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int lockref_put_return (struct lockref *lockref );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• lockref — pointer to lockref structure. that's the vibe: you hand it a pointer to a lockref structure and it does its thing. 🎀

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so bestie, this function decrements the reference count and returns the new value. literally that. 💖

plot twist though: if the lockref was dead or locked, it returns -1. 😭 that's the whole rule. no cap.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./lib/lockref.c
• lockref_get(9)
• lockref_get_not_zero(9)
• lockref_put_or_lock(9)
• lockref_mark_dead(9)
• lockref_get_not_dead(9)

okay bye bestie 💅 this lil page comes from ./lib, dated October 2026, and it's the lockref_put_return(9) manual page — periodt. 🌈🎀