Merge v6.12.26linux-rolling-lts

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 8cf04a557bdb..c4ffd0995043 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static inline void subsys_put(struct subsys_private *sp)
 		kset_put(&sp->subsys);
 }
 
+struct subsys_private *bus_to_subsys(const struct bus_type *bus);
 struct subsys_private *class_to_subsys(const struct class *class);
 
 struct driver_private {
@@ -179,6 +180,22 @@ int driver_add_groups(const struct device_driver *drv, const struct attribute_gr
 void driver_remove_groups(const struct device_driver *drv, const struct attribute_group **groups);
 void device_driver_detach(struct device *dev);
 
+static inline void device_set_driver(struct device *dev, const struct device_driver *drv)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Majority (all?) read accesses to dev->driver happens either
+	 * while holding device lock or in bus/driver code that is only
+	 * invoked when the device is bound to a driver and there is no
+	 * concern of the pointer being changed while it is being read.
+	 * However when reading device's uevent file we read driver pointer
+	 * without taking device lock (so we do not block there for
+	 * arbitrary amount of time). We use WRITE_ONCE() here to prevent
+	 * tearing so that READ_ONCE() can safely be used in uevent code.
+	 */
+	// FIXME - this cast should not be needed "soon"
+	WRITE_ONCE(dev->driver, (struct device_driver *)drv);
+}
+
 int devres_release_all(struct device *dev);
 void device_block_probing(void);
 void device_unblock_probing(void);