pcie_device_get(9)

💅 pcie_device_get(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so you're in the kernel API manual and you clicked on pcie_device_get(9) — iconic choice, let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

pcie_device_get — the little function that bumps up the reference count on your pcie device. that's it. that's the whole job. and she does it well 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void pcie_device_get (struct _pcie_device *p );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• p — the pcie_device object in question. your main character struct, basically 👑

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

literally whenever this function gets called, it increments the reference count of the pcie device that this function was called on. no cap. that's the vibe — call it, refcount goes up, the device stays alive and thriving 💅

like… if you're holding onto a pcie device and you need it to Not Disappear on you, this is your girl. she's not freeing anything, she's not doing anything cute and extra, she's just incrementing. periodt ✨

ngl there's exactly one thing she does and it's increment. don't go looking for side quests, bestie 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this list is LONG and honestly it's giving "my references section has references" energy, but every single one of these is a real one so let's go 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h struct
• MPT3SAS_TARGET(9)
• MPT3SAS_DEVICE(9)
• _internal_cmd(9)
• _sas_device(9)
• pcie_device_free(9)
• pcie_device_put(9)
• _boot_device(9)
• _sas_port(9)
• _sas_phy(9)
• _sas_node(9)
• _enclosure_node(9)
• reset_type(9)
• pcie_sg_list(9)
• chain_tracker(9)
• scsiio_tracker(9)
• request_tracker(9)
• _tr_list(9)
• _sc_list(9)
• _event_ack_list(9)
• adapter_reply_queue(9)
• io_uring_poll_queue(9)
• virtual_phy(9)
• hba_port(9)
• htb_rel_query(9)
• MPT3SAS_ADAPTER(9)

like… 26 entries?? she said "let me introduce you to my whole friend group" 😭 but fr fr they're all worth a read. especially pcie_device_put(9) and pcie_device_free(9) — those are the ones that give your refcount back, iykyk 🫶

mwah, that's the page 💜 this one lives in ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas and it's dated October 2026, and if you ever need to find her again just look up pcie_device_get(9) — she'll be right there, incrementing away 🧚‍♀️✨