[PATCH 1/3] gpiolib: provide gpio_devie_get_label()

[Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>]

From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>

Provide a getter for the GPIO device label string so that users don't
have to dereference struct gpio_chip directly.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c      | 14 ++++++++++++++
 include/linux/gpio/driver.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 95d2a7b2ea3e..a5faaea6915d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -254,6 +254,20 @@ int gpio_device_get_base(struct gpio_device *gdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_device_get_base);
 
+/**
+ * gpio_device_get_label() - Get the label of this GPIO device
+ * @gdev: GPIO device
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * Pointer to the string containing the GPIO device label. The string's
+ * lifetime is tied to that of the underlying GPIO device.
+ */
+const char *gpio_device_get_label(struct gpio_device *gdev)
+{
+	return gdev->label;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(gpio_device_get_label);
+
 /**
  * gpio_device_get_chip() - Get the gpio_chip implementation of this GPIO device
  * @gdev: GPIO device
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
index 0aed62f0c633..100c329dc986 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
@@ -786,6 +786,7 @@ struct gpio_device *gpiod_to_gpio_device(struct gpio_desc *desc);
 
 /* struct gpio_device getters */
 int gpio_device_get_base(struct gpio_device *gdev);
+const char *gpio_device_get_label(struct gpio_device *gdev);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_GPIOLIB */
 
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