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.\"      Date: May 2018
.\"    Manual: Device drivers infrastructure
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
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.TH "GET_DEVICE" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "Device drivers infrastructure"
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.SH "NAME"
get_device \- increment reference count for device\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ device\ *\ get_device('u
.BI "struct device * get_device(struct\ device\ *\ " "dev" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIdev\fR
.RS 4
device\&.
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This simply forwards the call to
\fBkobject_get\fR, though we do take care to provide for the case that we get a NULL pointer passed in\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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