parport_get_port(9)

💖 parport_get_port(9) 💖

hiii bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💅 this page is all about parport_get_port, and it's lowkey iconic for one specific job: keeping a port pointer alive. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

parport_get_port — increment a port's reference count

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct parport * parport_get_port (struct parport *port );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• port — the port. that's it, that's the whole argument, bestie 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here's the vibe: this call bumps the reference count so that a struct parport pointer stays valid until the matching parport_put_port call. literally its whole main character job is making sure that pointer doesn't ghost you before you're done with it 😭✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/parport/share.c
• __parport_register_driver(9)
• parport_unregister_driver(9)
• parport_put_port(9)
• parport_register_port(9)
• parport_announce_port(9)
• parport_remove_port(9)
• parport_register_dev_model(9)
• parport_unregister_device(9)
• parport_find_number(9)
• parport_find_base(9)
• parport_claim(9)
• parport_claim_or_block(9)
• parport_release(9)

that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 source/version is ./drivers/parport, dated October 2026 — mwah, bye 💖🦋