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.\"    Manual: USB Core APIs
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
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.TH "USB_GET_DEV" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "USB Core APIs"
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.SH "NAME"
usb_get_dev \- increments the reference count of the usb device structure
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ usb_device\ *\ usb_get_dev('u
.BI "struct usb_device * usb_get_dev(struct\ usb_device\ *\ " "dev" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIdev\fR
.RS 4
the device being referenced
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Each live reference to a device should be refcounted\&.
.PP
Drivers for USB interfaces should normally record such references in their
\fBprobe\fR
methods, when they bind to an interface, and release them by calling
\fBusb_put_dev\fR, in their
\fBdisconnect\fR
methods\&.
.SH "RETURN"
.PP
A pointer to the device with the incremented reference counter\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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