[PATCH] Driver Core: Make dev_info and friends print the bus name if there is no driver

This patch (as721) makes dev_info and related macros print the device's
bus name if the device doesn't have a driver, instead of printing just a
blank.  If the device isn't on a bus either... well, then it does leave
a blank space.  But it will be easier for someone else to change if they
want.

Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index a979bc3f49a9..d0f84ff78776 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@ int (*platform_notify_remove)(struct device * dev) = NULL;
  * sysfs bindings for devices.
  */
 
+/**
+ * dev_driver_string - Return a device's driver name, if at all possible
+ * @dev: struct device to get the name of
+ *
+ * Will return the device's driver's name if it is bound to a device.  If
+ * the device is not bound to a device, it will return the name of the bus
+ * it is attached to.  If it is not attached to a bus either, an empty
+ * string will be returned.
+ */
+const char *dev_driver_string(struct device *dev)
+{
+        return dev->driver ? dev->driver->name :
+                        (dev->bus ? dev->bus->name : "");
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_driver_string);
+
 #define to_dev(obj) container_of(obj, struct device, kobj)
 #define to_dev_attr(_attr) container_of(_attr, struct device_attribute, attr)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index b473f4278910..1e5f30da98bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -416,8 +416,9 @@ extern int firmware_register(struct subsystem *);
 extern void firmware_unregister(struct subsystem *);
 
 /* debugging and troubleshooting/diagnostic helpers. */
+extern const char *dev_driver_string(struct device *dev);
 #define dev_printk(level, dev, format, arg...)  \
-        printk(level "%s %s: " format , (dev)->driver ? (dev)->driver->name : "" , (dev)->bus_id , ## arg)
+        printk(level "%s %s: " format , dev_driver_string(dev) , (dev)->bus_id , ## arg)
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 #define dev_dbg(dev, format, arg...)            \