PCI_DEV_GET(9)                         Hardware Interfaces                         PCI_DEV_GET(9)



NAME
       pci_dev_get - increments the reference count of the pci device structure

SYNOPSIS
       struct pci_dev * pci_dev_get(struct pci_dev * dev);

ARGUMENTS
       dev
           the device being referenced

DESCRIPTION
       Each live reference to a device should be refcounted.

       Drivers for PCI devices should normally record such references in their probe methods,
       when they bind to a device, and release them by calling pci_dev_put, in their disconnect
       methods.

       A pointer to the device with the incremented reference counter is returned.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                            PCI_DEV_GET(9)