usb_offload_get(9)

💅 usb_offload_get(9) — the Kernel API Manual page you didn't know you needed

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for usb_offload_get(9) — yes that's the manual name, we're keeping it, it's iconic. 🎀 This one's short and sweet and honestly kind of a vibe.

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✨ NAME ✨

usb_offload_get — increments the offload_usage of a USB device 🦋

like, that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it slayfully.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int usb_offload_get (struct usb_device *udev );

(no cap, that trailing space before the ) is in the original, we do not edit. periodt.)

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• udev — the USB device whose offload_usage we're incrementing 💖 this is the main character of the whole function ngl.

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea ☕ — when you increment the offload_usage of a usb_device, it's literally saying "offload is enabled on this usb_device". meaning: another entity is actively handling USB transfers. somebody else is doing the work, bestie is off duty. 🙈

and why do we care?? because this info lets the USB driver adjust its power management policy based on offload activity ✨. it's giving "i know someone else has it handled so i can chill differently." highkey smart.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on success 🫶 — we love a zero, we stan a zero
• a negative error code otherwise 😭 — not success, but at least she tells you

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/usb/core/offload.c — the source, the origin, the birthplace 💜
• usb_offload_put(9)
• usb_offload_check(9)
• usb_offload_set_pm_locked(9)

go read those too, they're the friend group, iykyk 👑

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aaand that's the page!! 🎀 this cutie lives in ./drivers/usb/core and was dated October 2026 — so yeah, bookmark her, she's timeless. mwah 💋 ✨