DEV_HOLD(9) Network device support DEV_HOLD(9)NAMEdev_hold - get reference to device
SYNOPSIS
void dev_hold(struct net_device * dev);
ARGUMENTS
dev
network device
DESCRIPTION
Hold reference to device to keep it from being freed.
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