put_group_info(9)

💖 put_group_info — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so welcome to the put_group_info(9) page in the Kernel API Manual 🌸 this one is short and sweet: it’s all about release-ing a reference to a group info structure. no cap, that’s the whole vibe.

🌟 NAME 🌟

put_group_info — release a reference to a group info structure. literally the “okay bye, reference” moment 💅

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

put_group_info (group_info );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• group_info — the group info to release 🫶 that’s the one you’re handing back, bestie.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file ./include/linux/cred.h — and yes, the whole friend group is here:

• get_group_info(9)
• get_cred_many(9)
• put_cred_many(9)
• current_cred(9)
• current_real_cred(9)
• __task_cred(9)
• get_current_cred(9)
• get_current_user(9)
• get_current_groups(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./include/linux · date: October 2026 · page: put_group_info(9)