rpmb_dev_get(9)

💅 rpmb_dev_get(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for rpmb_dev_get(9) — literally the tiniest little function and it's about to be your new fave 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

rpmb_dev_get — increase rpmb device ref counter

like, that's it, that's the whole job. it bumps the ref counter on an rpmb device so the thing doesn't get yanked out from under you 🫶 fr fr, respect the counter and the counter respects you.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct rpmb_dev * rpmb_dev_get (struct rpmb_dev *rdev );

she takes a pointer, she gives back a pointer, she's an icon, she's a legend, periodt 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• rdev — the rpmb device 💖 (yes that's the whole description, the manpage said what it said and honestly? confident. concise. main character energy)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole girl squad of rpmb-core lore lives in the kernel file ./drivers/misc/rpmb-core.c — go read it bestie, iykyk 💀

• rpmb_dev_put(9)
• rpmb_route_frames(9)
• rpmb_dev_find_device(9)
• rpmb_dev_unregister(9)
• rpmb_dev_register(9)

like if rpmb_dev_get is the get, you KNOW rpmb_dev_put(9) is the put — balanced, symmetrical, obsessed 💫 and the rest of the fam is right there in the same file.

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💡 lowkey reminder: this is the ref-counter-increase girlie. don't forget the matching rpmb_dev_put(9) or the universe (and your memory) will notice 😭

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and that's the page!! brought to you by ./drivers/misc, dated October 2026, filed under rpmb_dev_get(9) — slay, ate, no crumbs, see u in the source tree bestie 🧚‍♀️💜