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.\"    Manual: Hardware Interfaces
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.TH "PCI_DEV_GET" "9" "July 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.11\&" "Hardware Interfaces"
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.SH "NAME"
pci_dev_get \- increments the reference count of the pci device structure
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ pci_dev\ *\ pci_dev_get('u
.BI "struct pci_dev * pci_dev_get(struct\ pci_dev\ *\ " "dev" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIstruct pci_dev * dev\fR
.RS 4
the device being referenced
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Each live reference to a device should be refcounted\&.
.PP
Drivers for PCI devices should normally record such references in their
\fBprobe\fR
methods, when they bind to a device, and release them by calling
\fBpci_dev_put\fR, in their
\fBdisconnect\fR
methods\&.
.PP
A pointer to the device with the incremented reference counter is returned\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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