put_io_context(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is put_io_context — the manual page for it, straight out of the Kernel API Manual 🫶 — and its whole personality is: put a reference of io_context. that's the gig. releasing your grip on an io_context, bestie 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void put_io_context (struct io_context *ioc );

literally the entire signature, no notes 🔥

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ioc — the io_context to put. yes that's it, that's the whole argument, she's the one you're putting 💖

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the vibe: this function decrements the reference count of ioc — and if that count hits zero, it releases it. 🦋

like, that's it. that's the entire plot. not me being obsessed with how clean that is 😭 reference goes down, count reaches zero, boom, released. iconic behavior, no cap ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• the kernel file ./block/blk-ioc.c — yes, actual path, go look 👀
• get_io_context(9) — the other half of the situationship, she gets the reference, this one puts it 💅
• ioc_clear_queue(9)
• ioc_lookup_icq(9)
• ioc_create_icq(9)

fr fr bestie, if you're calling put_io_context you better actually be done with that ioc — this is the "let go" function, not the "hold on tighter" function 🙈 this page is from ./block, dated October 2026, and it's put_io_context(9) all day long. slay, drink water, and mind your refcounts 💜🎀