wb_get(9)

🌸 wb_get(9) 🌸

okay bestie, this page comes straight from the Kernel API Manual, and it is short, sweet, and lowkey iconic. it's literally about giving a wb a little refcount bump ✨

💖 NAME 💖

wb_get — increment a wb's refcount 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void wb_get (struct bdi_writeback *wb );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• wb — the bdi_writeback to get 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
• wb_tryget(9)
• wb_put_many(9)
• wb_put(9)
• wb_dying(9)

later bestie 💖 this one lives under ./include/linux and is dated October 2026, and yeah, the page is literally wb_get(9) 🎀✨