1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 3b269f7e5213..484fed1985aa 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -18,6 +18,41 @@
 #define to_dev(node) container_of(node, struct device, driver_list)
 #define to_drv(obj) container_of(obj, struct device_driver, kobj)
 
+
+/**
+ *      driver_for_each_device - Iterator for devices bound to a driver.
+ *      @drv:   Driver we're iterating.
+ *      @data:  Data to pass to the callback.
+ *      @fn:    Function to call for each device.
+ *
+ *      Take the bus's rwsem and iterate over the @drv's list of devices,
+ *      calling @fn for each one.
+ */
+
+int driver_for_each_device(struct device_driver * drv, struct device * start, 
+                           void * data, int (*fn)(struct device *, void *))
+{
+        struct list_head * head;
+        struct device * dev;
+        int error = 0;
+
+        down_read(&drv->bus->subsys.rwsem);
+        head = &drv->devices;
+        dev = list_prepare_entry(start, head, driver_list);
+        list_for_each_entry_continue(dev, head, driver_list) {
+                get_device(dev);
+                error = fn(dev, data);
+                put_device(dev);
+                if (error)
+                        break;
+        }
+        up_read(&drv->bus->subsys.rwsem);
+        return error;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(driver_for_each_device);
+
+
 /**
  *      driver_create_file - create sysfs file for driver.
  *      @drv:   driver.