usb_anchor_urb(9)

okay so bestie, this is usb_anchor_urb(9) from the Kernel API Manual — and we’re gonna make URB anchoring make sense 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

usb_anchor_urb — anchors an URB while it is processed 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void usb_anchor_urb (struct urb *urb , struct usb_anchor *anchor );

It’s giving void, so there’s no return value to catch, periodt 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• urb — pointer to the urb to anchor 🌈
• anchor — pointer to the anchor 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Call this when you want to have access to URBs that are going to be executed — without bothering to track them yourself. It anchors the URB while it is processed, and that’s the whole vibe 🫶

bestie, this is the “keep a handle on it without doing the most” move 😌

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/usb/core/urb.c

The SEE ALSO squad, in all its iconic glory 👑:

• usb_init_urb(9)
• usb_alloc_urb(9)
• usb_free_urb(9)
• usb_get_urb(9)
• usb_unanchor_urb(9)
• usb_pipe_type_check(9)
• usb_urb_ep_type_check(9)
• usb_submit_urb(9)
• usb_unlink_urb(9)
• usb_kill_urb(9)
• usb_poison_urb(9)
• usb_block_urb(9)
• usb_kill_anchored_urbs(9)
• usb_poison_anchored_urbs(9)
• usb_unpoison_anchored_urbs(9)
• usb_anchor_suspend_wakeups(9)
• usb_anchor_resume_wakeups(9)
• usb_wait_anchor_empty_timeout(9)
• usb_get_from_anchor(9)
• usb_scuttle_anchored_urbs(9)
• usb_anchor_empty(9)

sign-off time, bestie 🎀 source/version: ./drivers/usb/core · date: October 2026 · page: usb_anchor_urb(9) — mwah, catch you in the kernel 💖🫶