+/**
+ * spi_alloc_device - Allocate a new SPI device
+ * @master: Controller to which device is connected
+ * Context: can sleep
+ *
+ * Allows a driver to allocate and initialize a spi_device without
+ * registering it immediately. This allows a driver to directly
+ * fill the spi_device with device parameters before calling
+ * spi_add_device() on it.
+ *
+ * Caller is responsible to call spi_add_device() on the returned
+ * spi_device structure to add it to the SPI master. If the caller
+ * needs to discard the spi_device without adding it, then it should
+ * call spi_dev_put() on it.
+ *
+ * Returns a pointer to the new device, or NULL.
+ */
+struct spi_device *spi_alloc_device(struct spi_master *master)
+{
+ struct spi_device *spi;
+ struct device *dev = master->dev.parent;
+
+ if (!spi_master_get(master))
+ return NULL;
+
+ spi = kzalloc(sizeof *spi, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!spi) {
+ dev_err(dev, "cannot alloc spi_device\n");
+ spi_master_put(master);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ spi->master = master;
+ spi->dev.parent = dev;
+ spi->dev.bus = &spi_bus_type;
+ spi->dev.release = spidev_release;
+ device_initialize(&spi->dev);
+ return spi;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_alloc_device);
+
+/**
+ * spi_add_device - Add spi_device allocated with spi_alloc_device
+ * @spi: spi_device to register
+ *
+ * Companion function to spi_alloc_device. Devices allocated with
+ * spi_alloc_device can be added onto the spi bus with this function.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success; non-zero on failure
+ */
+int spi_add_device(struct spi_device *spi)
+{
+ struct device *dev = spi->master->dev.parent;
+ int status;
+
+ /* Chipselects are numbered 0..max; validate. */
+ if (spi->chip_select >= spi->master->num_chipselect) {
+ dev_err(dev, "cs%d >= max %d\n",
+ spi->chip_select,
+ spi->master->num_chipselect);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ /* Set the bus ID string */
+ snprintf(spi->dev.bus_id, sizeof spi->dev.bus_id,
+ "%s.%u", spi->master->dev.bus_id,
+ spi->chip_select);
+
+ /* drivers may modify this initial i/o setup */
+ status = spi->master->setup(spi);
+ if (status < 0) {
+ dev_err(dev, "can't %s %s, status %d\n",
+ "setup", spi->dev.bus_id, status);
+ return status;
+ }
+
+ /* driver core catches callers that misbehave by defining
+ * devices that already exist.
+ */
+ status = device_add(&spi->dev);
+ if (status < 0) {
+ dev_err(dev, "can't %s %s, status %d\n",
+ "add", spi->dev.bus_id, status);
+ return status;
+ }
+
+ dev_dbg(dev, "registered child %s\n", spi->dev.bus_id);
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_add_device);