1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index 02d015259461..f8f952d52045 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -695,7 +695,17 @@ static int match_dev_id(struct device *dev, void *data)
         return ccw_dev_id_is_equal(&cdev->private->dev_id, dev_id);
 }
 
-static struct ccw_device *get_ccwdev_by_dev_id(struct ccw_dev_id *dev_id)
+/**
+ * get_ccwdev_by_dev_id() - obtain device from a ccw device id
+ * @dev_id: id of the device to be searched
+ *
+ * This function searches all devices attached to the ccw bus for a device
+ * matching @dev_id.
+ * Returns:
+ *  If a device is found its reference count is increased and returned;
+ *  else %NULL is returned.
+ */
+struct ccw_device *get_ccwdev_by_dev_id(struct ccw_dev_id *dev_id)
 {
         struct device *dev;
 
@@ -703,6 +713,7 @@ static struct ccw_device *get_ccwdev_by_dev_id(struct ccw_dev_id *dev_id)
 
         return dev ? to_ccwdev(dev) : NULL;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_ccwdev_by_dev_id);
 
 static void ccw_device_do_unbind_bind(struct ccw_device *cdev)
 {