1 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/devres.c b/net/devres.c
index b97b0c5a8216..57a6a88d11f6 100644
--- a/net/devres.c
+++ b/net/devres.c
@@ -38,3 +38,58 @@ struct net_device *devm_alloc_etherdev_mqs(struct device *dev, int sizeof_priv,
 	return dr->ndev;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(devm_alloc_etherdev_mqs);
+
+static void devm_netdev_release(struct device *dev, void *this)
+{
+	struct net_device_devres *res = this;
+
+	unregister_netdev(res->ndev);
+}
+
+static int netdev_devres_match(struct device *dev, void *this, void *match_data)
+{
+	struct net_device_devres *res = this;
+	struct net_device *ndev = match_data;
+
+	return ndev == res->ndev;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	devm_register_netdev - resource managed variant of register_netdev()
+ *	@dev: managing device for this netdev - usually the parent device
+ *	@ndev: device to register
+ *
+ *	This is a devres variant of register_netdev() for which the unregister
+ *	function will be call automatically when the managing device is
+ *	detached. Note: the net_device used must also be resource managed by
+ *	the same struct device.
+ */
+int devm_register_netdev(struct device *dev, struct net_device *ndev)
+{
+	struct net_device_devres *dr;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* struct net_device must itself be managed. For now a managed netdev
+	 * can only be allocated by devm_alloc_etherdev_mqs() so the check is
+	 * straightforward.
+	 */
+	if (WARN_ON(!devres_find(dev, devm_free_netdev,
+				 netdev_devres_match, ndev)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	dr = devres_alloc(devm_netdev_release, sizeof(*dr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dr)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = register_netdev(ndev);
+	if (ret) {
+		devres_free(dr);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	dr->ndev = ndev;
+	devres_add(ndev->dev.parent, dr);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(devm_register_netdev);