1 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index e621dade7ea..9e60f7c739c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -391,6 +391,53 @@ error:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_register_simple);
 
+/**
+ * platform_device_register_data
+ * @parent: parent device for the device we're adding
+ * @name: base name of the device we're adding
+ * @id: instance id
+ * @data: platform specific data for this platform device
+ * @size: size of platform specific data
+ *
+ * This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal
+ * resource and memory management. Canned release function freeing memory
+ * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
+ * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
+ * dropped.
+ */
+struct platform_device *platform_device_register_data(
+		struct device *parent,
+		const char *name, int id,
+		const void *data, size_t size)
+{
+	struct platform_device *pdev;
+	int retval;
+
+	pdev = platform_device_alloc(name, id);
+	if (!pdev) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	pdev->dev.parent = parent;
+
+	if (size) {
+		retval = platform_device_add_data(pdev, data, size);
+		if (retval)
+			goto error;
+	}
+
+	retval = platform_device_add(pdev);
+	if (retval)
+		goto error;
+
+	return pdev;
+
+error:
+	platform_device_put(pdev);
+	return ERR_PTR(retval);
+}
+
 static int platform_drv_probe(struct device *_dev)
 {
 	struct platform_driver *drv = to_platform_driver(_dev->driver);