mailbox: Add ability for clients to request channels by name

[cascardo/linux.git] / drivers / mailbox / mailbox.c

diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
index c3c42d4..c7fdb57 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
@@ -362,6 +362,35 @@ struct mbox_chan *mbox_request_channel(struct mbox_client *cl, int index)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mbox_request_channel);
 
+struct mbox_chan *mbox_request_channel_byname(struct mbox_client *cl,
+                                             const char *name)
+{
+       struct device_node *np = cl->dev->of_node;
+       struct property *prop;
+       const char *mbox_name;
+       int index = 0;
+
+       if (!np) {
+               dev_err(cl->dev, "%s() currently only supports DT\n", __func__);
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
+       }
+
+       if (!of_get_property(np, "mbox-names", NULL)) {
+               dev_err(cl->dev,
+                       "%s() requires an \"mbox-names\" property\n", __func__);
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
+       }
+
+       of_property_for_each_string(np, "mbox-names", prop, mbox_name) {
+               if (!strncmp(name, mbox_name, strlen(name)))
+                       break;
+               index++;
+       }
+
+       return mbox_request_channel(cl, index);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mbox_request_channel_byname);
+
 /**
  * mbox_free_channel - The client relinquishes control of a mailbox
  *                     channel by this call.