I2C_USE_CLIENT(9) I2C and SMBus Subsystem I2C_USE_CLIENT(9)
NAME
i2c_use_client - increments the reference count of the i2c client structure
SYNOPSIS
struct i2c_client * i2c_use_client(struct i2c_client * client);
ARGUMENTS
client
the client being referenced
DESCRIPTION
Each live reference to a client should be refcounted. The driver model does that automatically as part of driver binding, so that most
drivers don't
NEED TO DO THIS EXPLICITLY
they hold a reference until they're unbound from the device.
A pointer to the client with the incremented reference counter is returned.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 I2C_USE_CLIENT(9)
