usb_role_switch_get(9)

okay so welcome to usb_role_switch_get(9), brought to you by the Kernel API Manual 💖 bestie, this one is short and sweet, and it’s literally about finding the USB role switch linked with the caller. slay. ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

usb_role_switch_get — Find USB role switch linked with the caller 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct usb_role_switch * usb_role_switch_get (struct device *dev );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• dev — the caller device. that’s the whole argument, bestie, and it’s giving main character energy 👑

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

It finds and returns the role switch linked with dev. The reference count for the found switch is incremented — so yeah, the refcount goes up, no cap. 🦋✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/usb/roles/class.c 💖

• usb_role_switch_set_role(9)
• usb_role_switch_get_role(9)
• fwnode_usb_role_switch_get(9)
• usb_role_switch_put(9)
• usb_role_switch_find_by_fwnode(9)
• usb_role_switch_register(9)
• usb_role_switch_unregister(9)
• usb_role_switch_set_drvdata(9)
• usb_role_switch_get_drvdata(9)

okay bye bestie 💋 this page is from source/version ./drivers/usb/roles, dated October 2026, and it’s usb_role_switch_get(9) — mwah, take care of those refcounts 🎀💖