usb_role_switch_put(9)

💅 usb_role_switch_put(9) — the Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, this one's a kernel API page, and honestly? it's a short one, we love a low-effort icon ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

usb_role_switch_put — Release handle to a switch

literally what it says on the tin: you're letting go of a handle to a switch 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void usb_role_switch_put (struct usb_role_switch *sw );

that's the whole vibe check, no cap 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• sw — USB Role Switch. that's your switch, your main character, the thing you're holding a handle to 🎀

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Decrement reference count for sw.

that's it. that's the whole description. it's giving "short and slay" 💀 lowkey the tiniest little function description and we're obsessed. you call it, the refcount for sw goes down by one. periodt 🌈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/usb/roles/class.c — and also these absolute icons:

• usb_role_switch_set_role(9)
• usb_role_switch_get_role(9)
• usb_role_switch_get(9)
• fwnode_usb_role_switch_get(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)

like, go read those too fr fr 🧚💜

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heads up bestie: since all this does is decrement a reference count, you're gonna wanna make sure you actually should be dropping that handle — the page doesn't say what happens if you over-put, but refcounts being what they are, just... don't be weird about it 🙈

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and that's the page!! sources say it lives in ./drivers/usb/roles, dated October 2026, and it's part of the Kernel API Manual 💖 bye bestie, go decrement responsibly 🦋✨