From: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx> This is a helper function that can be used in iterators, such as bus_find_device(), and will always match. This is useful to implement a custom iterator interface on top of bus_find_device() or to check if any devices have been registered at all. Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/device.h | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h index 38f02814d53a..bea9566cea96 100644 --- a/include/linux/device.h +++ b/include/linux/device.h @@ -1031,6 +1031,11 @@ extern int device_online(struct device *dev); extern void set_primary_fwnode(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode); extern void set_secondary_fwnode(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode); +static inline int device_match_always(struct device *device, void *data) +{ + return 1; +} + /* * Root device objects for grouping under /sys/devices */ -- 2.8.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html