thermal_zone_get_offset(9)

💅 thermal_zone_get_offset — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is a tiny little function from the thermal corner of the kernel and honestly it's giving "small but crucial", so let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

thermal_zone_get_offset — literally just returns the offset attribute of the thermal zone. that's it. that's the whole vibe 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int thermal_zone_get_offset (struct thermal_zone_device *tz );

so you hand it a tz and it hands you back an int, no cap 💖

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• tz — the thermal zone device that has the offset attribute. yes, it needs to actually have one, iykyk 👑

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

if the thermal zone device has an offset attribute, it returns it 💅 otherwise it returns 0. zero. nothing. the void. 🌈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/thermal/thermal_helpers.c — go peek, it's right there 🔥
• __thermal_zone_get_temp(9)
• thermal_zone_get_temp(9)
• thermal_cdev_update(9)
• thermal_cdev_update_nocheck(9)
• thermal_zone_get_slope(9)

like, the whole thermal friend group fr fr 🧚

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and that's the page, bestie 🎀 no notes, ate and left no crumbs. this iconic little entry lives in ./drivers/thermal and is dated October 2026 — periodt 💜