1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 1b645886e9eb..291c5954a3af 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -56,6 +56,41 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_for_each_device);
 
 
 /**
+ * driver_find_device - device iterator for locating a particular device.
+ * @driver: The device's driver
+ * @start: Device to begin with
+ * @data: Data to pass to match function
+ * @match: Callback function to check device
+ *
+ * This is similar to the driver_for_each_device() function above, but
+ * it returns a reference to a device that is 'found' for later use, as
+ * determined by the @match callback.
+ *
+ * The callback should return 0 if the device doesn't match and non-zero
+ * if it does.  If the callback returns non-zero, this function will
+ * return to the caller and not iterate over any more devices.
+ */
+struct device * driver_find_device(struct device_driver *drv,
+                                   struct device * start, void * data,
+                                   int (*match)(struct device *, void *))
+{
+        struct klist_iter i;
+        struct device *dev;
+
+        if (!drv)
+                return NULL;
+
+        klist_iter_init_node(&drv->klist_devices, &i,
+                             (start ? &start->knode_driver : NULL));
+        while ((dev = next_device(&i)))
+                if (match(dev, data) && get_device(dev))
+                        break;
+        klist_iter_exit(&i);
+        return dev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_find_device);
+
+/**
  *      driver_create_file - create sysfs file for driver.
  *      @drv:   driver.
  *      @attr:  driver attribute descriptor.