[RFC 1/2] misc: Add of_get_misc get a reference from devicetree

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This commit enables access to a miscdevice via a reference
obtained from devicetree.
This allows to implement a of_ion_device_get() in the next step.

Signed-off-by: Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/char/misc.c        | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/miscdevice.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 8069b36..0623834 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -275,6 +275,44 @@ static char *misc_devnode(struct device *dev, umode_t *mode)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF
+static int misc_of_node_match(struct device *dev, const void *data)
+{
+	return dev->of_node == data;
+}
+
+struct miscdevice *of_misc_get(struct device_node *node)
+{
+	struct miscdevice *m;
+	struct device *dev;
+	int ret = -ENODEV;
+
+	dev = class_find_device(misc_class, NULL, node,
+				misc_of_node_match);
+	if (!dev)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
+	m = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	if (!m)
+		goto err_dev;
+
+	if (!try_module_get(dev->parent->driver->owner))
+		goto err_dev;
+
+	return m;
+
+err_dev:
+	put_device(dev);
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
+}
+#else
+struct misc_device *of_misc_get(struct device_node *)
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+}
+#endif
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_misc_get);
+
 static int __init misc_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
index 5430374..a4b605c 100644
--- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #define MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR	255
 
 struct device;
+struct device_node;
 struct attribute_group;
 
 struct miscdevice  {
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ struct miscdevice  {
 extern int misc_register(struct miscdevice *misc);
 extern void misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc);
 
+extern struct miscdevice *of_misc_get(struct device_node *node);
+
 #define MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(minor)				\
 	MODULE_ALIAS("char-major-" __stringify(MISC_MAJOR)	\
 	"-" __stringify(minor))
-- 
2.7.4

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