On Mon, 27 Dec 2021 10:45:07 +0100 Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > For now this just wraps accessing struct counter_device::priv. However > this is about to change and converting drivers to this helper > individually makes fixing device lifetime issues result in easier to > review patches. > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/counter/counter-core.c | 12 ++++++++++++ > include/linux/counter.h | 2 ++ > 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/counter/counter-core.c b/drivers/counter/counter-core.c > index f053a43c6c04..00c41f28c101 100644 > --- a/drivers/counter/counter-core.c > +++ b/drivers/counter/counter-core.c > @@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ static struct bus_type counter_bus_type = { > > static dev_t counter_devt; > > +/** > + * counter_priv - access counter device private data > + * @counter: counter device > + * > + * Get the counter device private data > + */ > +void *counter_priv(const struct counter_device *const counter) > +{ > + return counter->priv; > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(counter_priv); > + > /** > * counter_register - register Counter to the system > * @counter: pointer to Counter to register > diff --git a/include/linux/counter.h b/include/linux/counter.h > index b7d0a00a61cf..8daaa38c71d8 100644 > --- a/include/linux/counter.h > +++ b/include/linux/counter.h > @@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ struct counter_device { > struct mutex ops_exist_lock; > }; > > +void *counter_priv(const struct counter_device *const counter); > + > int counter_register(struct counter_device *const counter); > void counter_unregister(struct counter_device *const counter); > int devm_counter_register(struct device *dev,