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/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13deb45f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -0,0 +1,692 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ *  linux/fs/char_dev.c
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/kdev_t.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+#include <linux/major.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/kobj_map.h>
+#include <linux/cdev.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/tty.h>
+
+#include "internal.h"
+
+static struct kobj_map *cdev_map;
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(chrdevs_lock);
+
+#define CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE 255
+
+static struct char_device_struct {
+	struct char_device_struct *next;
+	unsigned int major;
+	unsigned int baseminor;
+	int minorct;
+	char name[64];
+	struct cdev *cdev;		/* will die */
+} *chrdevs[CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE];
+
+/* index in the above */
+static inline int major_to_index(unsigned major)
+{
+	return major % CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+
+void chrdev_show(struct seq_file *f, off_t offset)
+{
+	struct char_device_struct *cd;
+
+	mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
+	for (cd = chrdevs[major_to_index(offset)]; cd; cd = cd->next) {
+		if (cd->major == offset)
+			seq_printf(f, "%3d %s\n", cd->major, cd->name);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
+
+static int find_dynamic_major(void)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct char_device_struct *cd;
+
+	for (i = ARRAY_SIZE(chrdevs)-1; i >= CHRDEV_MAJOR_DYN_END; i--) {
+		if (chrdevs[i] == NULL)
+			return i;
+	}
+
+	for (i = CHRDEV_MAJOR_DYN_EXT_START;
+	     i >= CHRDEV_MAJOR_DYN_EXT_END; i--) {
+		for (cd = chrdevs[major_to_index(i)]; cd; cd = cd->next)
+			if (cd->major == i)
+				break;
+
+		if (cd == NULL)
+			return i;
+	}
+
+	return -EBUSY;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Register a single major with a specified minor range.
+ *
+ * If major == 0 this function will dynamically allocate an unused major.
+ * If major > 0 this function will attempt to reserve the range of minors
+ * with given major.
+ *
+ */
+static struct char_device_struct *
+__register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
+			   int minorct, const char *name)
+{
+	struct char_device_struct *cd, *curr, *prev = NULL;
+	int ret;
+	int i;
+
+	if (major >= CHRDEV_MAJOR_MAX) {
+		pr_err("CHRDEV \"%s\" major requested (%u) is greater than the maximum (%u)\n",
+		       name, major, CHRDEV_MAJOR_MAX-1);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
+	if (minorct > MINORMASK + 1 - baseminor) {
+		pr_err("CHRDEV \"%s\" minor range requested (%u-%u) is out of range of maximum range (%u-%u) for a single major\n",
+			name, baseminor, baseminor + minorct - 1, 0, MINORMASK);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
+	cd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct char_device_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (cd == NULL)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
+
+	if (major == 0) {
+		ret = find_dynamic_major();
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			pr_err("CHRDEV \"%s\" dynamic allocation region is full\n",
+			       name);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		major = ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = -EBUSY;
+	i = major_to_index(major);
+	for (curr = chrdevs[i]; curr; prev = curr, curr = curr->next) {
+		if (curr->major < major)
+			continue;
+
+		if (curr->major > major)
+			break;
+
+		if (curr->baseminor + curr->minorct <= baseminor)
+			continue;
+
+		if (curr->baseminor >= baseminor + minorct)
+			break;
+
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	cd->major = major;
+	cd->baseminor = baseminor;
+	cd->minorct = minorct;
+	strlcpy(cd->name, name, sizeof(cd->name));
+
+	if (!prev) {
+		cd->next = curr;
+		chrdevs[i] = cd;
+	} else {
+		cd->next = prev->next;
+		prev->next = cd;
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
+	return cd;
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
+	kfree(cd);
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
+}
+
+static struct char_device_struct *
+__unregister_chrdev_region(unsigned major, unsigned baseminor, int minorct)
+{
+	struct char_device_struct *cd = NULL, **cp;
+	int i = major_to_index(major);
+
+	mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
+	for (cp = &chrdevs[i]; *cp; cp = &(*cp)->next)
+		if ((*cp)->major == major &&
+		    (*cp)->baseminor == baseminor &&
+		    (*cp)->minorct == minorct)
+			break;
+	if (*cp) {
+		cd = *cp;
+		*cp = cd->next;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
+	return cd;
+}
+
+/**
+ * register_chrdev_region() - register a range of device numbers
+ * @from: the first in the desired range of device numbers; must include
+ *        the major number.
+ * @count: the number of consecutive device numbers required
+ * @name: the name of the device or driver.
+ *
+ * Return value is zero on success, a negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int register_chrdev_region(dev_t from, unsigned count, const char *name)
+{
+	struct char_device_struct *cd;
+	dev_t to = from + count;
+	dev_t n, next;
+
+	for (n = from; n < to; n = next) {
+		next = MKDEV(MAJOR(n)+1, 0);
+		if (next > to)
+			next = to;
+		cd = __register_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n), MINOR(n),
+			       next - n, name);
+		if (IS_ERR(cd))
+			goto fail;
+	}
+	return 0;
+fail:
+	to = n;
+	for (n = from; n < to; n = next) {
+		next = MKDEV(MAJOR(n)+1, 0);
+		kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n), MINOR(n), next - n));
+	}
+	return PTR_ERR(cd);
+}
+
+/**
+ * alloc_chrdev_region() - register a range of char device numbers
+ * @dev: output parameter for first assigned number
+ * @baseminor: first of the requested range of minor numbers
+ * @count: the number of minor numbers required
+ * @name: the name of the associated device or driver
+ *
+ * Allocates a range of char device numbers.  The major number will be
+ * chosen dynamically, and returned (along with the first minor number)
+ * in @dev.  Returns zero or a negative error code.
+ */
+int alloc_chrdev_region(dev_t *dev, unsigned baseminor, unsigned count,
+			const char *name)
+{
+	struct char_device_struct *cd;
+	cd = __register_chrdev_region(0, baseminor, count, name);
+	if (IS_ERR(cd))
+		return PTR_ERR(cd);
+	*dev = MKDEV(cd->major, cd->baseminor);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * __register_chrdev() - create and register a cdev occupying a range of minors
+ * @major: major device number or 0 for dynamic allocation
+ * @baseminor: first of the requested range of minor numbers
+ * @count: the number of minor numbers required
+ * @name: name of this range of devices
+ * @fops: file operations associated with this devices
+ *
+ * If @major == 0 this functions will dynamically allocate a major and return
+ * its number.
+ *
+ * If @major > 0 this function will attempt to reserve a device with the given
+ * major number and will return zero on success.
+ *
+ * Returns a -ve errno on failure.
+ *
+ * The name of this device has nothing to do with the name of the device in
+ * /dev. It only helps to keep track of the different owners of devices. If
+ * your module name has only one type of devices it's ok to use e.g. the name
+ * of the module here.
+ */
+int __register_chrdev(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
+		      unsigned int count, const char *name,
+		      const struct file_operations *fops)
+{
+	struct char_device_struct *cd;
+	struct cdev *cdev;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+
+	cd = __register_chrdev_region(major, baseminor, count, name);
+	if (IS_ERR(cd))
+		return PTR_ERR(cd);
+
+	cdev = cdev_alloc();
+	if (!cdev)
+		goto out2;
+
+	cdev->owner = fops->owner;
+	cdev->ops = fops;
+	kobject_set_name(&cdev->kobj, "%s", name);
+
+	err = cdev_add(cdev, MKDEV(cd->major, baseminor), count);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	cd->cdev = cdev;
+
+	return major ? 0 : cd->major;
+out:
+	kobject_put(&cdev->kobj);
+out2:
+	kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(cd->major, baseminor, count));
+	return err;
+}
+
+/**
+ * unregister_chrdev_region() - unregister a range of device numbers
+ * @from: the first in the range of numbers to unregister
+ * @count: the number of device numbers to unregister
+ *
+ * This function will unregister a range of @count device numbers,
+ * starting with @from.  The caller should normally be the one who
+ * allocated those numbers in the first place...
+ */
+void unregister_chrdev_region(dev_t from, unsigned count)
+{
+	dev_t to = from + count;
+	dev_t n, next;
+
+	for (n = from; n < to; n = next) {
+		next = MKDEV(MAJOR(n)+1, 0);
+		if (next > to)
+			next = to;
+		kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n), MINOR(n), next - n));
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * __unregister_chrdev - unregister and destroy a cdev
+ * @major: major device number
+ * @baseminor: first of the range of minor numbers
+ * @count: the number of minor numbers this cdev is occupying
+ * @name: name of this range of devices
+ *
+ * Unregister and destroy the cdev occupying the region described by
+ * @major, @baseminor and @count.  This function undoes what
+ * __register_chrdev() did.
+ */
+void __unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
+			 unsigned int count, const char *name)
+{
+	struct char_device_struct *cd;
+
+	cd = __unregister_chrdev_region(major, baseminor, count);
+	if (cd && cd->cdev)
+		cdev_del(cd->cdev);
+	kfree(cd);
+}
+
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cdev_lock);
+
+static struct kobject *cdev_get(struct cdev *p)
+{
+	struct module *owner = p->owner;
+	struct kobject *kobj;
+
+	if (owner && !try_module_get(owner))
+		return NULL;
+	kobj = kobject_get_unless_zero(&p->kobj);
+	if (!kobj)
+		module_put(owner);
+	return kobj;
+}
+
+void cdev_put(struct cdev *p)
+{
+	if (p) {
+		struct module *owner = p->owner;
+		kobject_put(&p->kobj);
+		module_put(owner);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Called every time a character special file is opened
+ */
+static int chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	const struct file_operations *fops;
+	struct cdev *p;
+	struct cdev *new = NULL;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	spin_lock(&cdev_lock);
+	p = inode->i_cdev;
+	if (!p) {
+		struct kobject *kobj;
+		int idx;
+		spin_unlock(&cdev_lock);
+		kobj = kobj_lookup(cdev_map, inode->i_rdev, &idx);
+		if (!kobj)
+			return -ENXIO;
+		new = container_of(kobj, struct cdev, kobj);
+		spin_lock(&cdev_lock);
+		/* Check i_cdev again in case somebody beat us to it while
+		   we dropped the lock. */
+		p = inode->i_cdev;
+		if (!p) {
+			inode->i_cdev = p = new;
+			list_add(&inode->i_devices, &p->list);
+			new = NULL;
+		} else if (!cdev_get(p))
+			ret = -ENXIO;
+	} else if (!cdev_get(p))
+		ret = -ENXIO;
+	spin_unlock(&cdev_lock);
+	cdev_put(new);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = -ENXIO;
+	fops = fops_get(p->ops);
+	if (!fops)
+		goto out_cdev_put;
+
+	replace_fops(filp, fops);
+	if (filp->f_op->open) {
+		ret = filp->f_op->open(inode, filp);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out_cdev_put;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+ out_cdev_put:
+	cdev_put(p);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void cd_forget(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	spin_lock(&cdev_lock);
+	list_del_init(&inode->i_devices);
+	inode->i_cdev = NULL;
+	inode->i_mapping = &inode->i_data;
+	spin_unlock(&cdev_lock);
+}
+
+static void cdev_purge(struct cdev *cdev)
+{
+	spin_lock(&cdev_lock);
+	while (!list_empty(&cdev->list)) {
+		struct inode *inode;
+		inode = container_of(cdev->list.next, struct inode, i_devices);
+		list_del_init(&inode->i_devices);
+		inode->i_cdev = NULL;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&cdev_lock);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Dummy default file-operations: the only thing this does
+ * is contain the open that then fills in the correct operations
+ * depending on the special file...
+ */
+const struct file_operations def_chr_fops = {
+	.open = chrdev_open,
+	.llseek = noop_llseek,
+};
+
+static struct kobject *exact_match(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
+{
+	struct cdev *p = data;
+	return &p->kobj;
+}
+
+static int exact_lock(dev_t dev, void *data)
+{
+	struct cdev *p = data;
+	return cdev_get(p) ? 0 : -1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cdev_add() - add a char device to the system
+ * @p: the cdev structure for the device
+ * @dev: the first device number for which this device is responsible
+ * @count: the number of consecutive minor numbers corresponding to this
+ *         device
+ *
+ * cdev_add() adds the device represented by @p to the system, making it
+ * live immediately.  A negative error code is returned on failure.
+ */
+int cdev_add(struct cdev *p, dev_t dev, unsigned count)
+{
+	int error;
+
+	p->dev = dev;
+	p->count = count;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(dev == WHITEOUT_DEV)) {
+		error = -EBUSY;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	error = kobj_map(cdev_map, dev, count, NULL,
+			 exact_match, exact_lock, p);
+	if (error)
+		goto err;
+
+	kobject_get(p->kobj.parent);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err:
+	kfree_const(p->kobj.name);
+	p->kobj.name = NULL;
+	return error;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cdev_set_parent() - set the parent kobject for a char device
+ * @p: the cdev structure
+ * @kobj: the kobject to take a reference to
+ *
+ * cdev_set_parent() sets a parent kobject which will be referenced
+ * appropriately so the parent is not freed before the cdev. This
+ * should be called before cdev_add.
+ */
+void cdev_set_parent(struct cdev *p, struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	WARN_ON(!kobj->state_initialized);
+	p->kobj.parent = kobj;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cdev_device_add() - add a char device and it's corresponding
+ *	struct device, linkink
+ * @dev: the device structure
+ * @cdev: the cdev structure
+ *
+ * cdev_device_add() adds the char device represented by @cdev to the system,
+ * just as cdev_add does. It then adds @dev to the system using device_add
+ * The dev_t for the char device will be taken from the struct device which
+ * needs to be initialized first. This helper function correctly takes a
+ * reference to the parent device so the parent will not get released until
+ * all references to the cdev are released.
+ *
+ * This helper uses dev->devt for the device number. If it is not set
+ * it will not add the cdev and it will be equivalent to device_add.
+ *
+ * This function should be used whenever the struct cdev and the
+ * struct device are members of the same structure whose lifetime is
+ * managed by the struct device.
+ *
+ * NOTE: Callers must assume that userspace was able to open the cdev and
+ * can call cdev fops callbacks at any time, even if this function fails.
+ */
+int cdev_device_add(struct cdev *cdev, struct device *dev)
+{
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	if (dev->devt) {
+		cdev_set_parent(cdev, &dev->kobj);
+
+		rc = cdev_add(cdev, dev->devt, 1);
+		if (rc)
+			return rc;
+	}
+
+	rc = device_add(dev);
+	if (rc && dev->devt)
+		cdev_del(cdev);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cdev_device_del() - inverse of cdev_device_add
+ * @dev: the device structure
+ * @cdev: the cdev structure
+ *
+ * cdev_device_del() is a helper function to call cdev_del and device_del.
+ * It should be used whenever cdev_device_add is used.
+ *
+ * If dev->devt is not set it will not remove the cdev and will be equivalent
+ * to device_del.
+ *
+ * NOTE: This guarantees that associated sysfs callbacks are not running
+ * or runnable, however any cdevs already open will remain and their fops
+ * will still be callable even after this function returns.
+ */
+void cdev_device_del(struct cdev *cdev, struct device *dev)
+{
+	device_del(dev);
+	if (dev->devt)
+		cdev_del(cdev);
+}
+
+static void cdev_unmap(dev_t dev, unsigned count)
+{
+	kobj_unmap(cdev_map, dev, count);
+}
+
+/**
+ * cdev_del() - remove a cdev from the system
+ * @p: the cdev structure to be removed
+ *
+ * cdev_del() removes @p from the system, possibly freeing the structure
+ * itself.
+ *
+ * NOTE: This guarantees that cdev device will no longer be able to be
+ * opened, however any cdevs already open will remain and their fops will
+ * still be callable even after cdev_del returns.
+ */
+void cdev_del(struct cdev *p)
+{
+	cdev_unmap(p->dev, p->count);
+	kobject_put(&p->kobj);
+}
+
+
+static void cdev_default_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	struct cdev *p = container_of(kobj, struct cdev, kobj);
+	struct kobject *parent = kobj->parent;
+
+	cdev_purge(p);
+	kobject_put(parent);
+}
+
+static void cdev_dynamic_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	struct cdev *p = container_of(kobj, struct cdev, kobj);
+	struct kobject *parent = kobj->parent;
+
+	cdev_purge(p);
+	kfree(p);
+	kobject_put(parent);
+}
+
+static struct kobj_type ktype_cdev_default = {
+	.release	= cdev_default_release,
+};
+
+static struct kobj_type ktype_cdev_dynamic = {
+	.release	= cdev_dynamic_release,
+};
+
+/**
+ * cdev_alloc() - allocate a cdev structure
+ *
+ * Allocates and returns a cdev structure, or NULL on failure.
+ */
+struct cdev *cdev_alloc(void)
+{
+	struct cdev *p = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cdev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (p) {
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->list);
+		kobject_init(&p->kobj, &ktype_cdev_dynamic);
+	}
+	return p;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cdev_init() - initialize a cdev structure
+ * @cdev: the structure to initialize
+ * @fops: the file_operations for this device
+ *
+ * Initializes @cdev, remembering @fops, making it ready to add to the
+ * system with cdev_add().
+ */
+void cdev_init(struct cdev *cdev, const struct file_operations *fops)
+{
+	memset(cdev, 0, sizeof *cdev);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cdev->list);
+	kobject_init(&cdev->kobj, &ktype_cdev_default);
+	cdev->ops = fops;
+}
+
+static struct kobject *base_probe(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
+{
+	if (request_module("char-major-%d-%d", MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev)) > 0)
+		/* Make old-style 2.4 aliases work */
+		request_module("char-major-%d", MAJOR(dev));
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void __init chrdev_init(void)
+{
+	cdev_map = kobj_map_init(base_probe, &chrdevs_lock);
+}
+
+
+/* Let modules do char dev stuff */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_chrdev_region);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_chrdev_region);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_chrdev_region);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_init);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_alloc);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_del);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_add);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_set_parent);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_device_add);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_device_del);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__register_chrdev);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__unregister_chrdev);