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I2C_USE_CLIENT(9) | I2C and SMBus Subsystem | I2C_USE_CLIENT(9) |
NAME¶
i2c_use_client - increments the reference count of the i2c client structure
SYNOPSIS¶
struct i2c_client * i2c_use_client(struct i2c_client * client);
ARGUMENTS¶
client
the client being referenced
DESCRIPTION¶
Each live reference to a client should be refcounted. The driver model does that automatically as part of driver binding, so that most drivers don´t
NEED TO DO THIS EXPLICITLY¶
they hold a reference until they´re unbound from the device.
A pointer to the client with the incremented reference counter is returned.
COPYRIGHT¶
May 2024 | Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. |