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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/hwmon.h | 3 |
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c index 5915ccfdb7d9..13053a4edc9e 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c @@ -917,6 +917,31 @@ hwmon_device_register_with_info(struct device *dev, const char *name, EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwmon_device_register_with_info); /** + * hwmon_device_register_for_thermal - register hwmon device for thermal subsystem + * @dev: the parent device + * @name: hwmon name attribute + * @drvdata: driver data to attach to created device + * + * The use of this function is restricted. It is provided for legacy reasons + * and must only be called from the thermal subsystem. + * + * hwmon_device_unregister() must be called when the device is no + * longer needed. + * + * Returns the pointer to the new device. + */ +struct device * +hwmon_device_register_for_thermal(struct device *dev, const char *name, + void *drvdata) +{ + if (!name || !dev) + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); + + return __hwmon_device_register(dev, name, drvdata, NULL, NULL); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(hwmon_device_register_for_thermal, HWMON_THERMAL); + +/** * hwmon_device_register - register w/ hwmon * @dev: the device to register * diff --git a/include/linux/hwmon.h b/include/linux/hwmon.h index 4efaf06fd2b8..14325f93c6b2 100644 --- a/include/linux/hwmon.h +++ b/include/linux/hwmon.h @@ -450,6 +450,9 @@ hwmon_device_register_with_info(struct device *dev, const struct hwmon_chip_info *info, const struct attribute_group **extra_groups); struct device * +hwmon_device_register_for_thermal(struct device *dev, const char *name, + void *drvdata); +struct device * devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info(struct device *dev, const char *name, void *drvdata, const struct hwmon_chip_info *info, |