+ * platform_device_put
+ * @pdev: platform device to free
+ *
+ * Free all memory associated with a platform device. This function
+ * must _only_ be externally called in error cases. All other usage
+ * is a bug.
+ */
+void platform_device_put(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+ if (pdev)
+ put_device(&pdev->dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_put);
+
+static void platform_device_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct platform_object *pa = container_of(dev, struct platform_object, pdev.dev);
+
+ kfree(pa->pdev.dev.platform_data);
+ kfree(pa->pdev.resource);
+ kfree(pa);
+}
+
+/**
+ * platform_device_alloc
+ * @name: base name of the device we're adding
+ * @id: instance id
+ *
+ * Create a platform device object which can have other objects attached
+ * to it, and which will have attached objects freed when it is released.
+ */
+struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, unsigned int id)
+{
+ struct platform_object *pa;
+
+ pa = kzalloc(sizeof(struct platform_object) + strlen(name), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (pa) {
+ strcpy(pa->name, name);
+ pa->pdev.name = pa->name;
+ pa->pdev.id = id;
+ device_initialize(&pa->pdev.dev);
+ pa->pdev.dev.release = platform_device_release;
+ }
+
+ return pa ? &pa->pdev : NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_alloc);
+
+/**
+ * platform_device_add_resources
+ * @pdev: platform device allocated by platform_device_alloc to add resources to
+ * @res: set of resources that needs to be allocated for the device
+ * @num: number of resources
+ *
+ * Add a copy of the resources to the platform device. The memory
+ * associated with the resources will be freed when the platform
+ * device is released.
+ */
+int platform_device_add_resources(struct platform_device *pdev, struct resource *res, unsigned int num)
+{
+ struct resource *r;
+
+ r = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource) * num, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (r) {
+ memcpy(r, res, sizeof(struct resource) * num);
+ pdev->resource = r;
+ pdev->num_resources = num;
+ }
+ return r ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_add_resources);
+
+/**
+ * platform_device_add_data
+ * @pdev: platform device allocated by platform_device_alloc to add resources to
+ * @data: platform specific data for this platform device
+ * @size: size of platform specific data
+ *
+ * Add a copy of platform specific data to the platform device's platform_data
+ * pointer. The memory associated with the platform data will be freed
+ * when the platform device is released.
+ */
+int platform_device_add_data(struct platform_device *pdev, void *data, size_t size)
+{
+ void *d;
+
+ d = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (d) {
+ memcpy(d, data, size);
+ pdev->dev.platform_data = d;
+ }
+ return d ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_add_data);
+
+/**
+ * platform_device_add - add a platform device to device hierarchy