media_request_put(9)

💅 media_request_put (9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition

Okay so, real talk: this one's a <pink>little function</pink> from the kernel API manual and honestly it does exactly one thing and does it well. Main character energy, minimal dialogue. Let's get into it. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

media_request_put — Put the media request. That's it, that's the whole vibe. No cap. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void media_request_put (struct media_request *req );

Returns void, meaning it gives you nothing back and honestly? Respect. It's not about the return value, it's about the journey. 💅

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• req — The media request. Like, the one you're putting. That's the one. 🦋

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So here's the tea: you call this to put the media request, and the media request gets released when the refcount reaches 0. 🔥

That's the whole mechanic — it's a refcount thing, iykyk. Every put decrements, and when it hits zero the thing is gone, so please be normal about your puts. 🙈

Lowkey important: the release only happens at refcount 0, so don't be out here assuming your single put nukes it. Refcounts are a group project. 😭

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Literal squad of related reads, all of them, no skipping bestie 👑

• Kernel file ./include/media/media-request.h
• enum media_request_state(9)
• struct media_request(9)
• media_request_lock_for_access(9)
• media_request_unlock_for_access(9)
• media_request_lock_for_update(9)
• media_request_unlock_for_update(9)
• media_request_get(9)
• media_request_get_by_fd(9)
• media_request_alloc(9)
• media_request_mark_manual_completion(9)
• media_request_manual_complete(9)
• struct media_request_object_ops(9)
• struct media_request_object(9)
• media_request_object_get(9)
• media_request_object_put(9)
• media_request_object_find(9)
• media_request_object_init(9)
• media_request_object_bind(9)
• media_request_object_unbind(9)
• media_request_object_complete(9)

Like, the whole media_request cinematic universe fr fr. 🌈

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That's the page, bestie — courtesy of ./include/media, dated October 2026, and formatted for media_request_put(9) because we stay on brand. Now go put that request responsibly 💜✨