i2c: implement i2c_verify_adapter
This converts a struct device * to a struct i2c_adapter * while verifying
that the device really is an I2C adapter. Just like i2c_verify_client.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index feb7dc3..a6ad32b 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -772,6 +772,23 @@
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_adapter_type);
+/**
+ * i2c_verify_adapter - return parameter as i2c_adapter or NULL
+ * @dev: device, probably from some driver model iterator
+ *
+ * When traversing the driver model tree, perhaps using driver model
+ * iterators like @device_for_each_child(), you can't assume very much
+ * about the nodes you find. Use this function to avoid oopses caused
+ * by wrongly treating some non-I2C device as an i2c_adapter.
+ */
+struct i2c_adapter *i2c_verify_adapter(struct device *dev)
+{
+ return (dev->type == &i2c_adapter_type)
+ ? to_i2c_adapter(dev)
+ : NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_verify_adapter);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_I2C_COMPAT
static struct class_compat *i2c_adapter_compat_class;
#endif