drm_dev_ref(9) Take reference of a DRM device

SYNOPSIS

void drm_dev_ref(struct drm_device * dev);

ARGUMENTS

dev

device to take reference of or NULL

DESCRIPTION

This increases the ref-count of dev by one. You *must* already own a reference when calling this. Use drm_dev_unref to drop this reference again.

This function never fails. However, this function does not provide *any* guarantee whether the device is alive or running. It only provides a reference to the object and the memory associated with it.

AUTHORS

Jesse Barnes <[email protected]>
Intel Corporation,         
        

Initial version

Laurent Pinchart <[email protected]>
Ideas on board SPRL,         
        

Driver internals

Daniel Vetter <[email protected]>
Intel Corporation,         
        

Contributions all over the place

Lukas Wunner <[email protected]>

vga_switcheroo documentation

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