---
name: "i2c_use_client"
section: "9"
platform: "linux"
package: "linux-manual-3.16"
version: "3.16.56-1+deb8u1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/i2c_use_client"
---

# i2c\_use\_client(9)

increments the reference count of the i2c client structure

## 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