1I2C_USE_CLIENT(9)           I2C and SMBus Subsystem          I2C_USE_CLIENT(9)
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NAME

6       i2c_use_client - increments the reference count of the i2c client
7       structure
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SYNOPSIS

10       struct i2c_client * i2c_use_client(struct i2c_client * client);
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ARGUMENTS

13       client
14           the client being referenced
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DESCRIPTION

17       Each live reference to a client should be refcounted. The driver model
18       does that automatically as part of driver binding, so that most drivers
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NEED TO DO THIS EXPLICITLY

22       they hold a reference until they're unbound from the device.
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24       A pointer to the client with the incremented reference counter is
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28Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.       November 2011               I2C_USE_CLIENT(9)
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