Merge tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-nextgrafted

Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski:
 "Core:

   - Add dedicated kmem_cache for typical/small skb->head, avoid having
     to access struct page at kfree time, and improve memory use.

   - Introduce sysctl to set default RPS configuration for new netdevs.

   - Define Netlink protocol specification format which can be used to
     describe messages used by each family and auto-generate parsers.
     Add tools for generating kernel data structures and uAPI headers.

   - Expose all net/core sysctls inside netns.

   - Remove 4s sleep in netpoll if carrier is instantly detected on
     boot.

   - Add configurable limit of MDB entries per port, and port-vlan.

   - Continue populating drop reasons throughout the stack.

   - Retire a handful of legacy Qdiscs and classifiers.

  Protocols:

   - Support IPv4 big TCP (TSO frames larger than 64kB).

   - Add IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE socket option, to control local port range
     on socket by socket basis.

   - Track and report in procfs number of MPTCP sockets used.

   - Support mixing IPv4 and IPv6 flows in the in-kernel MPTCP path
     manager.

   - IPv6: don't check net.ipv6.route.max_size and rely on garbage
     collection to free memory (similarly to IPv4).

   - Support Penultimate Segment Pop (PSP) flavor in SRv6 (RFC8986).

   - ICMP: add per-rate limit counters.

   - Add support for user scanning requests in ieee802154.

   - Remove static WEP support.

   - Support minimal Wi-Fi 7 Extremely High Throughput (EHT) rate
     reporting.

   - WiFi 7 EHT channel puncturing support (client & AP).

  BPF:

   - Add a rbtree data structure following the "next-gen data structure"
     precedent set by recently added linked list, that is, by using
     kfunc + kptr instead of adding a new BPF map type.

   - Expose XDP hints via kfuncs with initial support for RX hash and
     timestamp metadata.

   - Add BPF_F_NO_TUNNEL_KEY extension to bpf_skb_set_tunnel_key to
     better support decap on GRE tunnel devices not operating in collect
     metadata.

   - Improve x86 JIT's codegen for PROBE_MEM runtime error checks.

   - Remove the need for trace_printk_lock for bpf_trace_printk and
     bpf_trace_vprintk helpers.

   - Extend libbpf's bpf_tracing.h support for tracing arguments of
     kprobes/uprobes and syscall as a special case.

   - Significantly reduce the search time for module symbols by
     livepatch and BPF.

   - Enable cpumasks to be used as kptrs, which is useful for tracing
     programs tracking which tasks end up running on which CPUs in
     different time intervals.

   - Add support for BPF trampoline on s390x and riscv64.

   - Add capability to export the XDP features supported by the NIC.

   - Add __bpf_kfunc tag for marking kernel functions as kfuncs.

   - Add cgroup.memory=nobpf kernel parameter option to disable BPF
     memory accounting for container environments.

  Netfilter:

   - Remove the CLUSTERIP target. It has been marked as obsolete for
     years, and we still have WARN splats wrt races of the out-of-band
     /proc interface installed by this target.

   - Add 'destroy' commands to nf_tables. They are identical to the
     existing 'delete' commands, but do not return an error if the
     referenced object (set, chain, rule...) did not exist.

  Driver API:

   - Improve cpumask_local_spread() locality to help NICs set the right
     IRQ affinity on AMD platforms.

   - Separate C22 and C45 MDIO bus transactions more clearly.

   - Introduce new DCB table to control DSCP rewrite on egress.

   - Support configuration of Physical Layer Collision Avoidance (PLCA)
     Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) (802.3cg-2019). Modern version of
     shared medium Ethernet.

   - Support for MAC Merge layer (IEEE 802.3-2018 clause 99). Allowing
     preemption of low priority frames by high priority frames.

   - Add support for controlling MACSec offload using netlink SET.

   - Rework devlink instance refcounts to allow registration and
     de-registration under the instance lock. Split the code into
     multiple files, drop some of the unnecessarily granular locks and
     factor out common parts of netlink operation handling.

   - Add TX frame aggregation parameters (for USB drivers).

   - Add a new attr TCA_EXT_WARN_MSG to report TC (offload) warning
     messages with notifications for debug.

   - Allow offloading of UDP NEW connections via act_ct.

   - Add support for per action HW stats in TC.

   - Support hardware miss to TC action (continue processing in SW from
     a specific point in the action chain).

   - Warn if old Wireless Extension user space interface is used with
     modern cfg80211/mac80211 drivers. Do not support Wireless
     Extensions for Wi-Fi 7 devices at all. Everyone should switch to
     using nl80211 interface instead.

   - Improve the CAN bit timing configuration. Use extack to return
     error messages directly to user space, update the SJW handling,
     including the definition of a new default value that will benefit
     CAN-FD controllers, by increasing their oscillator tolerance.

  New hardware / drivers:

   - Ethernet:
      - nVidia BlueField-3 support (control traffic driver)
      - Ethernet support for imx93 SoCs
      - Motorcomm yt8531 gigabit Ethernet PHY
      - onsemi NCN26000 10BASE-T1S PHY (with support for PLCA)
      - Microchip LAN8841 PHY (incl. cable diagnostics and PTP)
      - Amlogic gxl MDIO mux

   - WiFi:
      - RealTek RTL8188EU (rtl8xxxu)
      - Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices (ath12k)

   - CAN:
      - Renesas R-Car V4H

  Drivers:

   - Bluetooth:
      - Set Per Platform Antenna Gain (PPAG) for Intel controllers.

   - Ethernet NICs:
      - Intel (1G, igc):
         - support TSN / Qbv / packet scheduling features of i226 model
      - Intel (100G, ice):
         - use GNSS subsystem instead of TTY
         - multi-buffer XDP support
         - extend support for GPIO pins to E823 devices
      - nVidia/Mellanox:
         - update the shared buffer configuration on PFC commands
         - implement PTP adjphase function for HW offset control
         - TC support for Geneve and GRE with VF tunnel offload
         - more efficient crypto key management method
         - multi-port eswitch support
      - Netronome/Corigine:
         - add DCB IEEE support
         - support IPsec offloading for NFP3800
      - Freescale/NXP (enetc):
         - support XDP_REDIRECT for XDP non-linear buffers
         - improve reconfig, avoid link flap and waiting for idle
         - support MAC Merge layer
      - Other NICs:
         - sfc/ef100: add basic devlink support for ef100
         - ionic: rx_push mode operation (writing descriptors via MMIO)
         - bnxt: use the auxiliary bus abstraction for RDMA
         - r8169: disable ASPM and reset bus in case of tx timeout
         - cpsw: support QSGMII mode for J721e CPSW9G
         - cpts: support pulse-per-second output
         - ngbe: add an mdio bus driver
         - usbnet: optimize usbnet_bh() by avoiding unnecessary queuing
         - r8152: handle devices with FW with NCM support
         - amd-xgbe: support 10Mbps, 2.5GbE speeds and rx-adaptation
         - virtio-net: support multi buffer XDP
         - virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff
         - tsnep: XDP support

   - Ethernet high-speed switches:
      - nVidia/Mellanox (mlxsw):
         - add support for latency TLV (in FW control messages)
      - Microchip (sparx5):
         - separate explicit and implicit traffic forwarding rules, make
           the implicit rules always active
         - add support for egress DSCP rewrite
         - IS0 VCAP support (Ingress Classification)
         - IS2 VCAP filters (protos, L3 addrs, L4 ports, flags, ToS
           etc.)
         - ES2 VCAP support (Egress Access Control)
         - support for Per-Stream Filtering and Policing (802.1Q,
           8.6.5.1)

   - Ethernet embedded switches:
      - Marvell (mv88e6xxx):
         - add MAB (port auth) offload support
         - enable PTP receive for mv88e6390
      - NXP (ocelot):
         - support MAC Merge layer
         - support for the the vsc7512 internal copper phys
      - Microchip:
         - lan9303: convert to PHYLINK
         - lan966x: support TC flower filter statistics
         - lan937x: PTP support for KSZ9563/KSZ8563 and LAN937x
         - lan937x: support Credit Based Shaper configuration
         - ksz9477: support Energy Efficient Ethernet
      - other:
         - qca8k: convert to regmap read/write API, use bulk operations
         - rswitch: Improve TX timestamp accuracy

   - Intel WiFi (iwlwifi):
      - EHT (Wi-Fi 7) rate reporting
      - STEP equalizer support: transfer some STEP (connection to radio
        on platforms with integrated wifi) related parameters from the
        BIOS to the firmware.

   - Qualcomm 802.11ax WiFi (ath11k):
      - IPQ5018 support
      - Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) responder role support
      - channel 177 support

   - MediaTek WiFi (mt76):
      - per-PHY LED support
      - mt7996: EHT (Wi-Fi 7) support
      - Wireless Ethernet Dispatch (WED) reset support
      - switch to using page pool allocator

   - RealTek WiFi (rtw89):
      - support new version of Bluetooth co-existance

   - Mobile:
      - rmnet: support TX aggregation"

* tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1872 commits)
  page_pool: add a comment explaining the fragment counter usage
  net: ethtool: fix __ethtool_dev_mm_supported() implementation
  ethtool: pse-pd: Fix double word in comments
  xsk: add linux/vmalloc.h to xsk.c
  sefltests: netdevsim: wait for devlink instance after netns removal
  selftest: fib_tests: Always cleanup before exit
  net/mlx5e: Align IPsec ASO result memory to be as required by hardware
  net/mlx5e: TC, Set CT miss to the specific ct action instance
  net/mlx5e: Rename CHAIN_TO_REG to MAPPED_OBJ_TO_REG
  net/mlx5: Refactor tc miss handling to a single function
  net/mlx5: Kconfig: Make tc offload depend on tc skb extension
  net/sched: flower: Support hardware miss to tc action
  net/sched: flower: Move filter handle initialization earlier
  net/sched: cls_api: Support hardware miss to tc action
  net/sched: Rename user cookie and act cookie
  sfc: fix builds without CONFIG_RTC_LIB
  sfc: clean up some inconsistent indentings
  net/mlx4_en: Introduce flexible array to silence overflow warning
  net: lan966x: Fix possible deadlock inside PTP
  net/ulp: Remove redundant ->clone() test in inet_clone_ulp().
  ...

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diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780_common.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780_common.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3934c2eeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780_common.c
@@ -0,0 +1,361 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+#include "charlcd.h"
+#include "hd44780_common.h"
+
+/* LCD commands */
+#define LCD_CMD_DISPLAY_CLEAR	0x01	/* Clear entire display */
+
+#define LCD_CMD_ENTRY_MODE	0x04	/* Set entry mode */
+#define LCD_CMD_CURSOR_INC	0x02	/* Increment cursor */
+
+#define LCD_CMD_DISPLAY_CTRL	0x08	/* Display control */
+#define LCD_CMD_DISPLAY_ON	0x04	/* Set display on */
+#define LCD_CMD_CURSOR_ON	0x02	/* Set cursor on */
+#define LCD_CMD_BLINK_ON	0x01	/* Set blink on */
+
+#define LCD_CMD_SHIFT		0x10	/* Shift cursor/display */
+#define LCD_CMD_DISPLAY_SHIFT	0x08	/* Shift display instead of cursor */
+#define LCD_CMD_SHIFT_RIGHT	0x04	/* Shift display/cursor to the right */
+
+#define LCD_CMD_FUNCTION_SET	0x20	/* Set function */
+#define LCD_CMD_DATA_LEN_8BITS	0x10	/* Set data length to 8 bits */
+#define LCD_CMD_TWO_LINES	0x08	/* Set to two display lines */
+#define LCD_CMD_FONT_5X10_DOTS	0x04	/* Set char font to 5x10 dots */
+
+#define LCD_CMD_SET_CGRAM_ADDR	0x40	/* Set char generator RAM address */
+
+#define LCD_CMD_SET_DDRAM_ADDR	0x80	/* Set display data RAM address */
+
+/* sleeps that many milliseconds with a reschedule */
+static void long_sleep(int ms)
+{
+	schedule_timeout_interruptible(msecs_to_jiffies(ms));
+}
+
+int hd44780_common_print(struct charlcd *lcd, int c)
+{
+	struct hd44780_common *hdc = lcd->drvdata;
+
+	if (lcd->addr.x < hdc->bwidth) {
+		hdc->write_data(hdc, c);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hd44780_common_print);
+
+int hd44780_common_gotoxy(struct charlcd *lcd, unsigned int x, unsigned int y)
+{
+	struct hd44780_common *hdc = lcd->drvdata;
+	unsigned int addr;
+
+	/*
+	 * we force the cursor to stay at the end of the
+	 * line if it wants to go farther
+	 */
+	addr = x < hdc->bwidth ? x & (hdc->hwidth - 1) : hdc->bwidth - 1;
+	if (y & 1)
+		addr += hdc->hwidth;
+	if (y & 2)
+		addr += hdc->bwidth;
+	hdc->write_cmd(hdc, LCD_CMD_SET_DDRAM_ADDR | addr);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hd44780_common_gotoxy);
+
+int hd44780_common_home(struct charlcd *lcd)
+{
+	return hd44780_common_gotoxy(lcd, 0, 0);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hd44780_common_home);
+
+/* clears the display and resets X/Y */
+int hd44780_common_clear_display(struct charlcd *lcd)
+{
+	struct hd44780_common *hdc = lcd->drvdata;
+
+	hdc->write_cmd(hdc, LCD_CMD_DISPLAY_CLEAR);
+	/* datasheet says to wait 1,64 milliseconds */
+	long_sleep(2);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hd44780_common_clear_display);
+
+int hd44780_common_init_display(struct charlcd *lcd)
+{
+	struct hd44780_common *hdc = lcd->drvdata;
+
+	void (*write_cmd_raw)(struct hd44780_common *hdc, int cmd);
+	u8 init;
+
+	if (hdc->ifwidth != 4 && hdc->ifwidth != 8)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	hdc->hd44780_common_flags = ((lcd->height > 1) ? LCD_FLAG_N : 0) |
+		LCD_FLAG_D | LCD_FLAG_C | LCD_FLAG_B;
+
+	long_sleep(20);		/* wait 20 ms after power-up for the paranoid */
+
+	/*
+	 * 8-bit mode, 1 line, small fonts; let's do it 3 times, to make sure
+	 * the LCD is in 8-bit mode afterwards
+	 */
+	init = LCD_CMD_FUNCTION_SET | LCD_CMD_DATA_LEN_8BITS;
+	if (hdc->ifwidth == 4) {
+		init >>= 4;
+		write_cmd_raw = hdc->write_cmd_raw4;
+	} else {
+		write_cmd_raw = hdc->write_cmd;
+	}
+	write_cmd_raw(hdc, init);
+	long_sleep(10);
+	write_cmd_raw(hdc, init);
+	long_sleep(10);
+	write_cmd_raw(hdc, init);
+	long_sleep(10);
+
+	if (hdc->ifwidth == 4) {
+		/* Switch to 4-bit mode, 1 line, small fonts */
+		hdc->write_cmd_raw4(hdc, LCD_CMD_FUNCTION_SET >> 4);
+		long_sleep(10);
+	}
+
+	/* set font height and lines number */
+	hdc->write_cmd(hdc,
+		LCD_CMD_FUNCTION_SET |
+		((hdc->ifwidth == 8) ? LCD_CMD_DATA_LEN_8BITS : 0) |
+		((hdc->hd44780_common_flags & LCD_FLAG_F) ?
+			LCD_CMD_FONT_5X10_DOTS : 0) |
+		((hdc->hd44780_common_flags & LCD_FLAG_N) ?
+			LCD_CMD_TWO_LINES : 0));
+	long_sleep(10);
+
+	/* display off, cursor off, blink off */
+	hdc->write_cmd(hdc, LCD_CMD_DISPLAY_CTRL);
+	long_sleep(10);
+
+	hdc->write_cmd(hdc,
+		LCD_CMD_DISPLAY_CTRL |	/* set display mode */
+		((hdc->hd44780_common_flags & LCD_FLAG_D) ?
+			LCD_CMD_DISPLAY_ON : 0) |
+		((hdc->hd44780_common_flags & LCD_FLAG_C) ?
+			LCD_CMD_CURSOR_ON : 0) |
+		((hdc->hd44780_common_flags & LCD_FLAG_B) ?
+			LCD_CMD_BLINK_ON : 0));
+
+	charlcd_backlight(lcd,
+			(hdc->hd44780_common_flags & LCD_FLAG_L) ? 1 : 0);
+
+	long_sleep(10);
+
+	/* entry mode set : increment, cursor shifting */
+	hdc->write_cmd(hdc, LCD_CMD_ENTRY_MODE | LCD_CMD_CURSOR_INC);
+
+	hd44780_common_clear_display(lcd);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hd44780_common_init_display);
+
+int hd44780_common_shift_cursor(struct charlcd *lcd, enum charlcd_shift_dir dir)
+{
+	struct hd44780_common *hdc = lcd->drvdata;
+
+	if (dir == CHARLCD_SHIFT_LEFT) {
+		/* back one char if not at end of line */
+		if (lcd->addr.x < hdc->bwidth)
+			hdc->write_cmd(hdc, LCD_CMD_SHIFT);
+	} else if (dir == CHARLCD_SHIFT_RIGHT) {
+		/* allow the cursor to pass the end of the line */
+		if (lcd->addr.x < (hdc->bwidth - 1))
+			hdc->write_cmd(hdc,
+					LCD_CMD_SHIFT | LCD_CMD_SHIFT_RIGHT);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hd44780_common_shift_cursor);
+
+int hd44780_common_shift_display(struct charlcd *lcd,
+		enum charlcd_shift_dir dir)
+{
+	struct hd44780_common *hdc = lcd->drvdata;
+
+	if (dir == CHARLCD_SHIFT_LEFT)
+		hdc->write_cmd(hdc, LCD_CMD_SHIFT | LCD_CMD_DISPLAY_SHIFT);
+	else if (dir == CHARLCD_SHIFT_RIGHT)
+		hdc->write_cmd(hdc, LCD_CMD_SHIFT | LCD_CMD_DISPLAY_SHIFT |
+			LCD_CMD_SHIFT_RIGHT);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hd44780_common_shift_display);
+
+static void hd44780_common_set_mode(struct hd44780_common *hdc)
+{
+	hdc->write_cmd(hdc,
+		LCD_CMD_DISPLAY_CTRL |
+		((hdc->hd44780_common_flags & LCD_FLAG_D) ?
+			LCD_CMD_DISPLAY_ON : 0) |
+		((hdc->hd44780_common_flags & LCD_FLAG_C) ?
+			LCD_CMD_CURSOR_ON : 0) |
+		((hdc->hd44780_common_flags & LCD_FLAG_B) ?
+			LCD_CMD_BLINK_ON : 0));
+}
+
+int hd44780_common_display(struct charlcd *lcd, enum charlcd_onoff on)
+{
+	struct hd44780_common *hdc = lcd->drvdata;
+
+	if (on == CHARLCD_ON)
+		hdc->hd44780_common_flags |= LCD_FLAG_D;
+	else
+		hdc->hd44780_common_flags &= ~LCD_FLAG_D;
+
+	hd44780_common_set_mode(hdc);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hd44780_common_display);
+
+int hd44780_common_cursor(struct charlcd *lcd, enum charlcd_onoff on)
+{
+	struct hd44780_common *hdc = lcd->drvdata;
+
+	if (on == CHARLCD_ON)
+		hdc->hd44780_common_flags |= LCD_FLAG_C;
+	else
+		hdc->hd44780_common_flags &= ~LCD_FLAG_C;
+
+	hd44780_common_set_mode(hdc);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hd44780_common_cursor);
+
+int hd44780_common_blink(struct charlcd *lcd, enum charlcd_onoff on)
+{
+	struct hd44780_common *hdc = lcd->drvdata;
+
+	if (on == CHARLCD_ON)
+		hdc->hd44780_common_flags |= LCD_FLAG_B;
+	else
+		hdc->hd44780_common_flags &= ~LCD_FLAG_B;
+
+	hd44780_common_set_mode(hdc);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hd44780_common_blink);
+
+static void hd44780_common_set_function(struct hd44780_common *hdc)
+{
+	hdc->write_cmd(hdc,
+		LCD_CMD_FUNCTION_SET |
+		((hdc->ifwidth == 8) ? LCD_CMD_DATA_LEN_8BITS : 0) |
+		((hdc->hd44780_common_flags & LCD_FLAG_F) ?
+			LCD_CMD_FONT_5X10_DOTS : 0) |
+		((hdc->hd44780_common_flags & LCD_FLAG_N) ?
+			LCD_CMD_TWO_LINES : 0));
+}
+
+int hd44780_common_fontsize(struct charlcd *lcd, enum charlcd_fontsize size)
+{
+	struct hd44780_common *hdc = lcd->drvdata;
+
+	if (size == CHARLCD_FONTSIZE_LARGE)
+		hdc->hd44780_common_flags |= LCD_FLAG_F;
+	else
+		hdc->hd44780_common_flags &= ~LCD_FLAG_F;
+
+	hd44780_common_set_function(hdc);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hd44780_common_fontsize);
+
+int hd44780_common_lines(struct charlcd *lcd, enum charlcd_lines lines)
+{
+	struct hd44780_common *hdc = lcd->drvdata;
+
+	if (lines == CHARLCD_LINES_2)
+		hdc->hd44780_common_flags |= LCD_FLAG_N;
+	else
+		hdc->hd44780_common_flags &= ~LCD_FLAG_N;
+
+	hd44780_common_set_function(hdc);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hd44780_common_lines);
+
+int hd44780_common_redefine_char(struct charlcd *lcd, char *esc)
+{
+	/* Generator : LGcxxxxx...xx; must have <c> between '0'
+	 * and '7', representing the numerical ASCII code of the
+	 * redefined character, and <xx...xx> a sequence of 16
+	 * hex digits representing 8 bytes for each character.
+	 * Most LCDs will only use 5 lower bits of the 7 first
+	 * bytes.
+	 */
+
+	struct hd44780_common *hdc = lcd->drvdata;
+	unsigned char cgbytes[8];
+	unsigned char cgaddr;
+	int cgoffset;
+	int shift;
+	char value;
+	int addr;
+
+	if (!strchr(esc, ';'))
+		return 0;
+
+	esc++;
+
+	cgaddr = *(esc++) - '0';
+	if (cgaddr > 7)
+		return 1;
+
+	cgoffset = 0;
+	shift = 0;
+	value = 0;
+	while (*esc && cgoffset < 8) {
+		int half;
+
+		shift ^= 4;
+		half = hex_to_bin(*esc++);
+		if (half < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		value |= half << shift;
+		if (shift == 0) {
+			cgbytes[cgoffset++] = value;
+			value = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	hdc->write_cmd(hdc, LCD_CMD_SET_CGRAM_ADDR | (cgaddr * 8));
+	for (addr = 0; addr < cgoffset; addr++)
+		hdc->write_data(hdc, cgbytes[addr]);
+
+	/* ensures that we stop writing to CGRAM */
+	lcd->ops->gotoxy(lcd, lcd->addr.x, lcd->addr.y);
+	return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hd44780_common_redefine_char);
+
+struct hd44780_common *hd44780_common_alloc(void)
+{
+	struct hd44780_common *hd;
+
+	hd = kzalloc(sizeof(*hd), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!hd)
+		return NULL;
+
+	hd->ifwidth = 8;
+	hd->bwidth = DEFAULT_LCD_BWIDTH;
+	hd->hwidth = DEFAULT_LCD_HWIDTH;
+	return hd;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hd44780_common_alloc);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");