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/spi/spi-bitbang.c b/drivers/spi/spi-bitbang.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27d0087f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-bitbang.c
@@ -0,0 +1,453 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * polling/bitbanging SPI master controller driver utilities
+ */
+
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
+#include <linux/spi/spi_bitbang.h>
+
+#define SPI_BITBANG_CS_DELAY	100
+
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*
+ * FIRST PART (OPTIONAL):  word-at-a-time spi_transfer support.
+ * Use this for GPIO or shift-register level hardware APIs.
+ *
+ * spi_bitbang_cs is in spi_device->controller_state, which is unavailable
+ * to glue code.  These bitbang setup() and cleanup() routines are always
+ * used, though maybe they're called from controller-aware code.
+ *
+ * chipselect() and friends may use spi_device->controller_data and
+ * controller registers as appropriate.
+ *
+ *
+ * NOTE:  SPI controller pins can often be used as GPIO pins instead,
+ * which means you could use a bitbang driver either to get hardware
+ * working quickly, or testing for differences that aren't speed related.
+ */
+
+struct spi_bitbang_cs {
+	unsigned	nsecs;	/* (clock cycle time)/2 */
+	u32		(*txrx_word)(struct spi_device *spi, unsigned nsecs,
+					u32 word, u8 bits, unsigned flags);
+	unsigned	(*txrx_bufs)(struct spi_device *,
+					u32 (*txrx_word)(
+						struct spi_device *spi,
+						unsigned nsecs,
+						u32 word, u8 bits,
+						unsigned flags),
+					unsigned, struct spi_transfer *,
+					unsigned);
+};
+
+static unsigned bitbang_txrx_8(
+	struct spi_device	*spi,
+	u32			(*txrx_word)(struct spi_device *spi,
+					unsigned nsecs,
+					u32 word, u8 bits,
+					unsigned flags),
+	unsigned		ns,
+	struct spi_transfer	*t,
+	unsigned flags
+)
+{
+	unsigned		bits = t->bits_per_word;
+	unsigned		count = t->len;
+	const u8		*tx = t->tx_buf;
+	u8			*rx = t->rx_buf;
+
+	while (likely(count > 0)) {
+		u8		word = 0;
+
+		if (tx)
+			word = *tx++;
+		word = txrx_word(spi, ns, word, bits, flags);
+		if (rx)
+			*rx++ = word;
+		count -= 1;
+	}
+	return t->len - count;
+}
+
+static unsigned bitbang_txrx_16(
+	struct spi_device	*spi,
+	u32			(*txrx_word)(struct spi_device *spi,
+					unsigned nsecs,
+					u32 word, u8 bits,
+					unsigned flags),
+	unsigned		ns,
+	struct spi_transfer	*t,
+	unsigned flags
+)
+{
+	unsigned		bits = t->bits_per_word;
+	unsigned		count = t->len;
+	const u16		*tx = t->tx_buf;
+	u16			*rx = t->rx_buf;
+
+	while (likely(count > 1)) {
+		u16		word = 0;
+
+		if (tx)
+			word = *tx++;
+		word = txrx_word(spi, ns, word, bits, flags);
+		if (rx)
+			*rx++ = word;
+		count -= 2;
+	}
+	return t->len - count;
+}
+
+static unsigned bitbang_txrx_32(
+	struct spi_device	*spi,
+	u32			(*txrx_word)(struct spi_device *spi,
+					unsigned nsecs,
+					u32 word, u8 bits,
+					unsigned flags),
+	unsigned		ns,
+	struct spi_transfer	*t,
+	unsigned flags
+)
+{
+	unsigned		bits = t->bits_per_word;
+	unsigned		count = t->len;
+	const u32		*tx = t->tx_buf;
+	u32			*rx = t->rx_buf;
+
+	while (likely(count > 3)) {
+		u32		word = 0;
+
+		if (tx)
+			word = *tx++;
+		word = txrx_word(spi, ns, word, bits, flags);
+		if (rx)
+			*rx++ = word;
+		count -= 4;
+	}
+	return t->len - count;
+}
+
+int spi_bitbang_setup_transfer(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *t)
+{
+	struct spi_bitbang_cs	*cs = spi->controller_state;
+	u8			bits_per_word;
+	u32			hz;
+
+	if (t) {
+		bits_per_word = t->bits_per_word;
+		hz = t->speed_hz;
+	} else {
+		bits_per_word = 0;
+		hz = 0;
+	}
+
+	/* spi_transfer level calls that work per-word */
+	if (!bits_per_word)
+		bits_per_word = spi->bits_per_word;
+	if (bits_per_word <= 8)
+		cs->txrx_bufs = bitbang_txrx_8;
+	else if (bits_per_word <= 16)
+		cs->txrx_bufs = bitbang_txrx_16;
+	else if (bits_per_word <= 32)
+		cs->txrx_bufs = bitbang_txrx_32;
+	else
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* nsecs = (clock period)/2 */
+	if (!hz)
+		hz = spi->max_speed_hz;
+	if (hz) {
+		cs->nsecs = (1000000000/2) / hz;
+		if (cs->nsecs > (MAX_UDELAY_MS * 1000 * 1000))
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_bitbang_setup_transfer);
+
+/*
+ * spi_bitbang_setup - default setup for per-word I/O loops
+ */
+int spi_bitbang_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
+{
+	struct spi_bitbang_cs	*cs = spi->controller_state;
+	struct spi_bitbang	*bitbang;
+	bool			initial_setup = false;
+	int			retval;
+
+	bitbang = spi_master_get_devdata(spi->master);
+
+	if (!cs) {
+		cs = kzalloc(sizeof(*cs), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!cs)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		spi->controller_state = cs;
+		initial_setup = true;
+	}
+
+	/* per-word shift register access, in hardware or bitbanging */
+	cs->txrx_word = bitbang->txrx_word[spi->mode & (SPI_CPOL|SPI_CPHA)];
+	if (!cs->txrx_word) {
+		retval = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_free;
+	}
+
+	if (bitbang->setup_transfer) {
+		retval = bitbang->setup_transfer(spi, NULL);
+		if (retval < 0)
+			goto err_free;
+	}
+
+	dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "%s, %u nsec/bit\n", __func__, 2 * cs->nsecs);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_free:
+	if (initial_setup)
+		kfree(cs);
+	return retval;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_bitbang_setup);
+
+/*
+ * spi_bitbang_cleanup - default cleanup for per-word I/O loops
+ */
+void spi_bitbang_cleanup(struct spi_device *spi)
+{
+	kfree(spi->controller_state);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_bitbang_cleanup);
+
+static int spi_bitbang_bufs(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *t)
+{
+	struct spi_bitbang_cs	*cs = spi->controller_state;
+	unsigned		nsecs = cs->nsecs;
+	struct spi_bitbang	*bitbang;
+
+	bitbang = spi_master_get_devdata(spi->master);
+	if (bitbang->set_line_direction) {
+		int err;
+
+		err = bitbang->set_line_direction(spi, !!(t->tx_buf));
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	if (spi->mode & SPI_3WIRE) {
+		unsigned flags;
+
+		flags = t->tx_buf ? SPI_MASTER_NO_RX : SPI_MASTER_NO_TX;
+		return cs->txrx_bufs(spi, cs->txrx_word, nsecs, t, flags);
+	}
+	return cs->txrx_bufs(spi, cs->txrx_word, nsecs, t, 0);
+}
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*
+ * SECOND PART ... simple transfer queue runner.
+ *
+ * This costs a task context per controller, running the queue by
+ * performing each transfer in sequence.  Smarter hardware can queue
+ * several DMA transfers at once, and process several controller queues
+ * in parallel; this driver doesn't match such hardware very well.
+ *
+ * Drivers can provide word-at-a-time i/o primitives, or provide
+ * transfer-at-a-time ones to leverage dma or fifo hardware.
+ */
+
+static int spi_bitbang_prepare_hardware(struct spi_master *spi)
+{
+	struct spi_bitbang	*bitbang;
+
+	bitbang = spi_master_get_devdata(spi);
+
+	mutex_lock(&bitbang->lock);
+	bitbang->busy = 1;
+	mutex_unlock(&bitbang->lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int spi_bitbang_transfer_one(struct spi_master *master,
+				    struct spi_device *spi,
+				    struct spi_transfer *transfer)
+{
+	struct spi_bitbang *bitbang = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
+	int status = 0;
+
+	if (bitbang->setup_transfer) {
+		status = bitbang->setup_transfer(spi, transfer);
+		if (status < 0)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (transfer->len)
+		status = bitbang->txrx_bufs(spi, transfer);
+
+	if (status == transfer->len)
+		status = 0;
+	else if (status >= 0)
+		status = -EREMOTEIO;
+
+out:
+	spi_finalize_current_transfer(master);
+
+	return status;
+}
+
+static int spi_bitbang_unprepare_hardware(struct spi_master *spi)
+{
+	struct spi_bitbang	*bitbang;
+
+	bitbang = spi_master_get_devdata(spi);
+
+	mutex_lock(&bitbang->lock);
+	bitbang->busy = 0;
+	mutex_unlock(&bitbang->lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void spi_bitbang_set_cs(struct spi_device *spi, bool enable)
+{
+	struct spi_bitbang *bitbang = spi_master_get_devdata(spi->master);
+
+	/* SPI core provides CS high / low, but bitbang driver
+	 * expects CS active
+	 * spi device driver takes care of handling SPI_CS_HIGH
+	 */
+	enable = (!!(spi->mode & SPI_CS_HIGH) == enable);
+
+	ndelay(SPI_BITBANG_CS_DELAY);
+	bitbang->chipselect(spi, enable ? BITBANG_CS_ACTIVE :
+			    BITBANG_CS_INACTIVE);
+	ndelay(SPI_BITBANG_CS_DELAY);
+}
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+int spi_bitbang_init(struct spi_bitbang *bitbang)
+{
+	struct spi_master *master = bitbang->master;
+	bool custom_cs;
+
+	if (!master)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	/*
+	 * We only need the chipselect callback if we are actually using it.
+	 * If we just use GPIO descriptors, it is surplus. If the
+	 * SPI_MASTER_GPIO_SS flag is set, we always need to call the
+	 * driver-specific chipselect routine.
+	 */
+	custom_cs = (!master->use_gpio_descriptors ||
+		     (master->flags & SPI_MASTER_GPIO_SS));
+
+	if (custom_cs && !bitbang->chipselect)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	mutex_init(&bitbang->lock);
+
+	if (!master->mode_bits)
+		master->mode_bits = SPI_CPOL | SPI_CPHA | bitbang->flags;
+
+	if (master->transfer || master->transfer_one_message)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	master->prepare_transfer_hardware = spi_bitbang_prepare_hardware;
+	master->unprepare_transfer_hardware = spi_bitbang_unprepare_hardware;
+	master->transfer_one = spi_bitbang_transfer_one;
+	/*
+	 * When using GPIO descriptors, the ->set_cs() callback doesn't even
+	 * get called unless SPI_MASTER_GPIO_SS is set.
+	 */
+	if (custom_cs)
+		master->set_cs = spi_bitbang_set_cs;
+
+	if (!bitbang->txrx_bufs) {
+		bitbang->use_dma = 0;
+		bitbang->txrx_bufs = spi_bitbang_bufs;
+		if (!master->setup) {
+			if (!bitbang->setup_transfer)
+				bitbang->setup_transfer =
+					 spi_bitbang_setup_transfer;
+			master->setup = spi_bitbang_setup;
+			master->cleanup = spi_bitbang_cleanup;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_bitbang_init);
+
+/**
+ * spi_bitbang_start - start up a polled/bitbanging SPI master driver
+ * @bitbang: driver handle
+ *
+ * Caller should have zero-initialized all parts of the structure, and then
+ * provided callbacks for chip selection and I/O loops.  If the master has
+ * a transfer method, its final step should call spi_bitbang_transfer; or,
+ * that's the default if the transfer routine is not initialized.  It should
+ * also set up the bus number and number of chipselects.
+ *
+ * For i/o loops, provide callbacks either per-word (for bitbanging, or for
+ * hardware that basically exposes a shift register) or per-spi_transfer
+ * (which takes better advantage of hardware like fifos or DMA engines).
+ *
+ * Drivers using per-word I/O loops should use (or call) spi_bitbang_setup,
+ * spi_bitbang_cleanup and spi_bitbang_setup_transfer to handle those spi
+ * master methods.  Those methods are the defaults if the bitbang->txrx_bufs
+ * routine isn't initialized.
+ *
+ * This routine registers the spi_master, which will process requests in a
+ * dedicated task, keeping IRQs unblocked most of the time.  To stop
+ * processing those requests, call spi_bitbang_stop().
+ *
+ * On success, this routine will take a reference to master. The caller is
+ * responsible for calling spi_bitbang_stop() to decrement the reference and
+ * spi_master_put() as counterpart of spi_alloc_master() to prevent a memory
+ * leak.
+ */
+int spi_bitbang_start(struct spi_bitbang *bitbang)
+{
+	struct spi_master *master = bitbang->master;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = spi_bitbang_init(bitbang);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* driver may get busy before register() returns, especially
+	 * if someone registered boardinfo for devices
+	 */
+	ret = spi_register_master(spi_master_get(master));
+	if (ret)
+		spi_master_put(master);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_bitbang_start);
+
+/*
+ * spi_bitbang_stop - stops the task providing spi communication
+ */
+void spi_bitbang_stop(struct spi_bitbang *bitbang)
+{
+	spi_unregister_master(bitbang->master);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_bitbang_stop);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+