1 files changed, 69 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 857c8f1b876e..668c6c8c22f1 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -30,6 +30,75 @@ static struct device *next_device(struct klist_iter *i)
 }
 
 /**
+ * driver_set_override() - Helper to set or clear driver override.
+ * @dev: Device to change
+ * @override: Address of string to change (e.g. &device->driver_override);
+ *            The contents will be freed and hold newly allocated override.
+ * @s: NUL-terminated string, new driver name to force a match, pass empty
+ *     string to clear it ("" or "\n", where the latter is only for sysfs
+ *     interface).
+ * @len: length of @s
+ *
+ * Helper to set or clear driver override in a device, intended for the cases
+ * when the driver_override field is allocated by driver/bus code.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int driver_set_override(struct device *dev, const char **override,
+			const char *s, size_t len)
+{
+	const char *new, *old;
+	char *cp;
+
+	if (!override || !s)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * The stored value will be used in sysfs show callback (sysfs_emit()),
+	 * which has a length limit of PAGE_SIZE and adds a trailing newline.
+	 * Thus we can store one character less to avoid truncation during sysfs
+	 * show.
+	 */
+	if (len >= (PAGE_SIZE - 1))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!len) {
+		/* Empty string passed - clear override */
+		device_lock(dev);
+		old = *override;
+		*override = NULL;
+		device_unlock(dev);
+		kfree(old);
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	cp = strnchr(s, len, '\n');
+	if (cp)
+		len = cp - s;
+
+	new = kstrndup(s, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	device_lock(dev);
+	old = *override;
+	if (cp != s) {
+		*override = new;
+	} else {
+		/* "\n" passed - clear override */
+		kfree(new);
+		*override = NULL;
+	}
+	device_unlock(dev);
+
+	kfree(old);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_set_override);
+
+/**
  * driver_for_each_device - Iterator for devices bound to a driver.
  * @drv: Driver we're iterating.
  * @start: Device to begin with