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.\"    Manual: RapidIO driver interface
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
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.TH "RIO_DEV_GET" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "RapidIO driver interface"
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.SH "NAME"
rio_dev_get \- Increments the reference count of the RIO device structure
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ rio_dev\ *\ rio_dev_get('u
.BI "struct rio_dev * rio_dev_get(struct\ rio_dev\ *\ " "rdev" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIrdev\fR
.RS 4
RIO device being referenced
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Each live reference to a device should be refcounted\&.
.PP
Drivers for RIO devices should normally record such references in their
\fBprobe\fR
methods, when they bind to a device, and release them by calling
\fBrio_dev_put\fR, in their
\fBdisconnect\fR
methods\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBMatt Porter\fR <\&mporter@kernel.crashing.org\&>, <\&mporter@mvista.com\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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