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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c index feb7dc3..a6ad32b 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c @@ -772,6 +772,23 @@ struct device_type i2c_adapter_type = { }; EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_adapter_type); +/** + * i2c_verify_adapter - return parameter as i2c_adapter or NULL + * @dev: device, probably from some driver model iterator + * + * When traversing the driver model tree, perhaps using driver model + * iterators like @device_for_each_child(), you can't assume very much + * about the nodes you find. Use this function to avoid oopses caused + * by wrongly treating some non-I2C device as an i2c_adapter. + */ +struct i2c_adapter *i2c_verify_adapter(struct device *dev) +{ + return (dev->type == &i2c_adapter_type) + ? to_i2c_adapter(dev) + : NULL; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_verify_adapter); + #ifdef CONFIG_I2C_COMPAT static struct class_compat *i2c_adapter_compat_class; #endif |