Merge tag 'devm-helpers-v5.14-1' into review-hans

Signed tag for the immutable devm-helpers branch for merging
into the extcon and pdx86 trees.

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/devm-helpers.h b/include/linux/devm-helpers.h
index f40f77717a24..74891802200d 100644
--- a/include/linux/devm-helpers.h
+++ b/include/linux/devm-helpers.h
@@ -51,4 +51,29 @@ static inline int devm_delayed_work_autocancel(struct device *dev,
 	return devm_add_action(dev, devm_delayed_work_drop, w);
 }
 
+static inline void devm_work_drop(void *res)
+{
+	cancel_work_sync(res);
+}
+
+/**
+ * devm_work_autocancel - Resource-managed work allocation
+ * @dev:	Device which lifetime work is bound to
+ * @w:		Work to be added (and automatically cancelled)
+ * @worker:	Worker function
+ *
+ * Initialize work which is automatically cancelled when driver is detached.
+ * A few drivers need to queue work which must be cancelled before driver
+ * is detached to avoid accessing removed resources.
+ * devm_work_autocancel() can be used to omit the explicit
+ * cancelleation when driver is detached.
+ */
+static inline int devm_work_autocancel(struct device *dev,
+				       struct work_struct *w,
+				       work_func_t worker)
+{
+	INIT_WORK(w, worker);
+	return devm_add_action(dev, devm_work_drop, w);
+}
+
 #endif