On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 08:29:46PM +0100, Jerome Brunet wrote: > Add helper functions to create a device on the auxiliary bus. > > This is meant for fairly simple usage of the auxiliary bus, to avoid having > the same code repeated in the different drivers. > > Suggested-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/base/auxiliary.c | 108 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/linux/auxiliary_bus.h | 17 +++++++ > 2 files changed, 125 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c > index afa4df4c5a3f371b91d8dd8c4325495d32ad1291..a6d46c2759be81a0739f07528d5959c2a76eb8a8 100644 > --- a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c > +++ b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c > @@ -385,6 +385,114 @@ void auxiliary_driver_unregister(struct auxiliary_driver *auxdrv) > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(auxiliary_driver_unregister); > > +static void auxiliary_device_release(struct device *dev) > +{ > + struct auxiliary_device *auxdev = to_auxiliary_dev(dev); > + > + kfree(auxdev); > +} > + > +/** > + * auxiliary_device_create - create a device on the auxiliary bus > + * @dev: parent device > + * @modname: module name used to create the auxiliary driver name. > + * @devname: auxiliary bus device name > + * @platform_data: auxiliary bus device platform data > + * @id: auxiliary bus device id > + * > + * Helper to create an auxiliary bus device. > + * The device created matches driver 'modname.devname' on the auxiliary bus. > + */ > +struct auxiliary_device *auxiliary_device_create(struct device *dev, > + const char *modname, > + const char *devname, > + void *platform_data, > + int id) > +{ > + struct auxiliary_device *auxdev; > + int ret; > + > + auxdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*auxdev), GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!auxdev) > + return NULL; > + > + auxdev->id = id; > + auxdev->name = devname; > + auxdev->dev.parent = dev; > + auxdev->dev.platform_data = platform_data; > + auxdev->dev.release = auxiliary_device_release; > + device_set_of_node_from_dev(&auxdev->dev, dev); > + > + ret = auxiliary_device_init(auxdev); > + if (ret) { > + kfree(auxdev); > + return NULL; > + } > + > + ret = __auxiliary_device_add(auxdev, modname); > + if (ret) { This loses possible error return values from __auxiliary_device_add(). I'd suggest to return ERR_PTR(ret) here and in the auxiliary_device_init() chunks and ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) in case of kzalloc() failure. > + /* > + * It may look odd but auxdev should not be freed here. > + * auxiliary_device_uninit() calls device_put() which call > + * the device release function, freeing auxdev. > + */ > + auxiliary_device_uninit(auxdev); > + return NULL; > + } > + > + return auxdev; > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(auxiliary_device_create); > + -- With best wishes Dmitry