linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] spi: Make spi_alloc_device and spi_add

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Message-ID: <20211202162421.7628-2-sbinding@opensource.cirrus.com>
Date:   Thu, 2 Dec 2021 16:24:20 +0000
From:   Stefan Binding <sbinding@...nsource.cirrus.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Mark Gross <markgross@...nel.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        <patches@...nsource.cirrus.com>,
        Stefan Binding <sbinding@...nsource.cirrus.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] spi: Make spi_alloc_device and spi_add_device public again

This functions were previously made private since they
were not used. However, these functions will be needed
again.

Partial revert of commit da21fde0fdb3
("spi: Make several public functions private to spi.c")

Signed-off-by: Stefan Binding <sbinding@...nsource.cirrus.com>
---
 drivers/spi/spi.c       |  6 ++++--
 include/linux/spi/spi.h | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 7c81173edb0c..ebce296662c4 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(board_lock);
  *
  * Return: a pointer to the new device, or NULL.
  */
-static struct spi_device *spi_alloc_device(struct spi_controller *ctlr)
+struct spi_device *spi_alloc_device(struct spi_controller *ctlr)
 {
 	struct spi_device	*spi;
 
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ static struct spi_device *spi_alloc_device(struct spi_controller *ctlr)
 	device_initialize(&spi->dev);
 	return spi;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_alloc_device);
 
 static void spi_dev_set_name(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
@@ -651,7 +652,7 @@ static int __spi_add_device(struct spi_device *spi)
  *
  * Return: 0 on success; negative errno on failure
  */
-static int spi_add_device(struct spi_device *spi)
+int spi_add_device(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
 	struct spi_controller *ctlr = spi->controller;
 	struct device *dev = ctlr->dev.parent;
@@ -672,6 +673,7 @@ static int spi_add_device(struct spi_device *spi)
 	mutex_unlock(&ctlr->add_lock);
 	return status;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_add_device);
 
 static int spi_add_device_locked(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index 5f2781cb750f..eb348cee1c57 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -1454,7 +1454,19 @@ spi_register_board_info(struct spi_board_info const *info, unsigned n)
  * use spi_new_device() to describe each device.  You can also call
  * spi_unregister_device() to start making that device vanish, but
  * normally that would be handled by spi_unregister_controller().
+ *
+ * You can also use spi_alloc_device() and spi_add_device() to use a two
+ * stage registration sequence for each spi_device.  This gives the caller
+ * some more control over the spi_device structure before it is registered,
+ * but requires that caller to initialize fields that would otherwise
+ * be defined using the board info.
  */
+extern struct spi_device *
+spi_alloc_device(struct spi_controller *ctlr);
+
+extern int
+spi_add_device(struct spi_device *spi);
+
 extern struct spi_device *
 spi_new_device(struct spi_controller *, struct spi_board_info *);
 
-- 
2.25.1