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[v8,1/9] nvmem: Add a simple NVMEM framework for nvmem providers

Message ID 1437403392-4136-1-git-send-email-srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org
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Srinivas Kandagatla July 20, 2015, 2:43 p.m. UTC
This patch adds just providers part of the framework just to enable easy
review.

Up until now, NVMEM drivers like eeprom were stored in drivers/misc,
where they all had to duplicate pretty much the same code to register
a sysfs file, allow in-kernel users to access the content of the devices
they were driving, etc.

This was also a problem as far as other in-kernel users were involved,
since the solutions used were pretty much different from on driver to
another, there was a rather big abstraction leak.

This introduction of this framework aims at solving this. It also
introduces DT representation for consumer devices to go get the data
they require (MAC Addresses, SoC/Revision ID, part numbers, and so on)
from the nvmems.

Having regmap interface to this framework would give much better
abstraction for nvmems on different buses.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
[Maxime Ripard: intial version of eeprom framework]
Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>
---
 drivers/Kconfig                |   2 +
 drivers/Makefile               |   1 +
 drivers/nvmem/Kconfig          |  13 ++
 drivers/nvmem/Makefile         |   6 +
 drivers/nvmem/core.c           | 384 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h |  23 +++
 include/linux/nvmem-provider.h |  47 +++++
 7 files changed, 476 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 drivers/nvmem/Kconfig
 create mode 100644 drivers/nvmem/Makefile
 create mode 100644 drivers/nvmem/core.c
 create mode 100644 include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
 create mode 100644 include/linux/nvmem-provider.h

Comments

Srinivas Kandagatla July 21, 2015, 9:41 a.m. UTC | #1
Thanks Stephen for review,

On 20/07/15 22:11, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 07/20/2015 07:43 AM, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..bde5528
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,384 @@
>>
>> +
>> +static int nvmem_add_cells(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
>> +               const struct nvmem_config *cfg)
>> +{
>> +    struct nvmem_cell **cells;
>> +    const struct nvmem_cell_info *info = cfg->cells;
>> +    int i, rval;
>> +
>> +    cells = kzalloc(sizeof(*cells) * cfg->ncells, GFP_KERNEL);
>
> kcalloc?

Only reason for using kzalloc is to give the code more flexibility to 
free any pointer in the array in case of errors.

>
>> +    if (!cells)
>> +        return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> +    for (i = 0; i < cfg->ncells; i++) {
>> +        cells[i] = kzalloc(sizeof(**cells), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +        if (!cells[i]) {
>> +            rval = -ENOMEM;
>> +            goto err;
>> +        }
>> +
>> +        rval = nvmem_cell_info_to_nvmem_cell(nvmem, &info[i], cells[i]);
>> +        if (IS_ERR_VALUE(rval)) {
>> +            kfree(cells[i]);
>> +            goto err;
>> +        }
>> +
>> +        nvmem_cell_add(cells[i]);
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    nvmem->ncells = cfg->ncells;
>> +    /* remove tmp array */
>> +    kfree(cells);
>> +
>> +    return 0;
>> +err:
>> +    while (--i)
>> +        nvmem_cell_drop(cells[i]);
>> +
>> +    return rval;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * nvmem_register() - Register a nvmem device for given nvmem_config.
>> + * Also creates an binary entry in /sys/bus/nvmem/devices/dev-name/nvmem
>> + *
>> + * @config: nvmem device configuration with which nvmem device is
>> created.
>> + *
>> + * Return: Will be an ERR_PTR() on error or a valid pointer to
>> nvmem_device
>> + * on success.
>> + */
>> +
>
> Why the newline?
Yep, fixed it now.

>
>> +struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
>> +{
>> +    struct nvmem_device *nvmem;
>> +    struct device_node *np;
>> +    struct regmap *rm;
>> +    int rval;
>> +
>> +    if (!config->dev)
>> +        return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>> +
>> +    rm = dev_get_regmap(config->dev, NULL);
>> +    if (!rm) {
>> +        dev_err(config->dev, "Regmap not found\n");
>> +        return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    nvmem = kzalloc(sizeof(*nvmem), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +    if (!nvmem)
>> +        return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>> +
>> +    nvmem->id = ida_simple_get(&nvmem_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
>> +    if (nvmem->id < 0) {
>> +        kfree(nvmem);
>> +        return ERR_PTR(nvmem->id);
>
> Oops, we already freed nvmem.
>
Oops, Fixed this one too.

>> +    }
>> +
>> +    nvmem->regmap = rm;
>> +    nvmem->owner = config->owner;
>> +    nvmem->stride = regmap_get_reg_stride(rm);
>> +    nvmem->word_size = regmap_get_val_bytes(rm);
>> +    nvmem->size = regmap_get_max_register(rm) + nvmem->stride;
>> +    nvmem->dev.type = &nvmem_provider_type;
>> +    nvmem->dev.bus = &nvmem_bus_type;
>> +    nvmem->dev.parent = config->dev;
>> +    np = config->dev->of_node;
>> +    nvmem->dev.of_node = np;
>> +    dev_set_name(&nvmem->dev, "%s%d",
>> +             config->name ? : "nvmem", config->id);
>> +
>> +    nvmem->read_only = np ? of_property_read_bool(np, "read-only") : 0;
>
> of_property_read_bool(NULL, ..) "does the right thing" and returns false
> already.
thanks, that should make this more simple.
>
>> +
>> +    nvmem->read_only |= config->read_only;
>> +
>> +    device_initialize(&nvmem->dev);
>> +
>> +    dev_dbg(&nvmem->dev, "Registering nvmem device %s\n", config->name);
>> +
>> +    rval = device_add(&nvmem->dev);
>> +    if (rval) {
>> +        ida_simple_remove(&nvmem_ida, nvmem->id);
>> +        kfree(nvmem);
>> +        return ERR_PTR(rval);
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    if (device_create_bin_file(&nvmem->dev,
>> +                nvmem->read_only ? &bin_attr_ro_nvmem :
>> +                &bin_attr_rw_nvmem))
>> +        dev_warn(&nvmem->dev, "Failed to create sysfs binary file\n");
>
> Why can't we have device_add() add the binary file attribute too?
>
Yes we can set dev.groups directly before device_add, I did this change too.
>> +
>> +    if (config->cells)
>> +        nvmem_add_cells(nvmem, config);
>> +
>> +    return nvmem;
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_register);
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * nvmem_unregister() - Unregister previously registered nvmem device
>> + *
>> + * @nvmem: Pointer to previously registered nvmem device.
>> + *
>> + * Return: Will be an negative on error or a zero on success.
>> + */
>> +int nvmem_unregister(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
>> +{
>> +    mutex_lock(&nvmem_mutex);
>> +    if (nvmem->users) {
>> +        mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
>> +        return -EBUSY;
>> +    }
>> +    mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
>
> This lock doesn't seem to be doing anything in this patch? Perhaps it
> should be added in the second patch where consumers start making it useful?
Ok, make sense. I moved this too.
I have v9 ready will send it.

--srini
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Srinivas Kandagatla July 21, 2015, 10:31 a.m. UTC | #2
Hi Stefan,
On 21/07/15 10:54, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> Hi Srinivas,
>
> Am 21.07.2015 um 11:41 schrieb Srinivas Kandagatla:
>> >Ok, make sense. I moved this too.
>> >I have v9 ready will send it.
>> >
>> >--srini
>> >
> this is not a race. Please give the other (including me:-)  ) some time
> for testing and reviewing v8.

Ofcourse, I did not mean it now or today! Am actually going to wait till 
the end of this week before I post v9.

--srini

>
> Thanks
> Stefan
>
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Srinivas Kandagatla July 21, 2015, 6:40 p.m. UTC | #3
On 21/07/15 18:59, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 07/21/2015 02:41 AM, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
>> Thanks Stephen for review,
>>
>> On 20/07/15 22:11, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>>> On 07/20/2015 07:43 AM, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 0000000..bde5528
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,384 @@
>>>>
>>>> +
>>>> +static int nvmem_add_cells(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
>>>> +               const struct nvmem_config *cfg)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    struct nvmem_cell **cells;
>>>> +    const struct nvmem_cell_info *info = cfg->cells;
>>>> +    int i, rval;
>>>> +
>>>> +    cells = kzalloc(sizeof(*cells) * cfg->ncells, GFP_KERNEL);
>>>
>>> kcalloc?
>>
>> Only reason for using kzalloc is to give the code more flexibility to
>> free any pointer in the array in case of errors.
>
> Still lost. The arrays are allocated down below in the for loop. This is
> allocating a bunch of pointers so using kcalloc() here avoids problems
> with overflows causing kzalloc() to allocate fewer pointers than
> requested. I'm not suggesting we replace the for loop with a kcalloc,
> just this single line.
>
Yes we could replace the loop with kcalloc, but the problem is how can 
we handle freeing an element from that array?

AFAIK we can only free the full array rather than each element if we 
allocate it via kcalloc, correct me if Am wrong?

>>
>>>
>>>> +    if (!cells)
>>>> +        return -ENOMEM;
>>>> +
>>>> +    for (i = 0; i < cfg->ncells; i++) {
>>>> +        cells[i] = kzalloc(sizeof(**cells), GFP_KERNEL);
>>>> +        if (!cells[i]) {
>>>> +            rval = -ENOMEM;
>>>> +            goto err;
>>>> +        }
>>>> +
>
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Srinivas Kandagatla July 21, 2015, 6:51 p.m. UTC | #4
On 21/07/15 18:59, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 07/21/2015 02:41 AM, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
>> Thanks Stephen for review,
>>
>> On 20/07/15 22:11, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>>> On 07/20/2015 07:43 AM, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 0000000..bde5528
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,384 @@
>>>>
>>>> +
>>>> +static int nvmem_add_cells(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
>>>> +               const struct nvmem_config *cfg)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    struct nvmem_cell **cells;
>>>> +    const struct nvmem_cell_info *info = cfg->cells;
>>>> +    int i, rval;
>>>> +
>>>> +    cells = kzalloc(sizeof(*cells) * cfg->ncells, GFP_KERNEL);
>>>
>>> kcalloc?
>>
>> Only reason for using kzalloc is to give the code more flexibility to
>> free any pointer in the array in case of errors.
>
> Still lost. The arrays are allocated down below in the for loop. This is
> allocating a bunch of pointers so using kcalloc() here avoids problems
> with overflows causing kzalloc() to allocate fewer pointers than
> requested. I'm not suggesting we replace the for loop with a kcalloc,
> just this single line.

My bad, I think I miss understood your suggestion, Yes, we can allocate 
pointers using kzalloc.

--srini
>
>>
>>>
>>>> +    if (!cells)
>>>> +        return -ENOMEM;
>>>> +
>>>> +    for (i = 0; i < cfg->ncells; i++) {
>>>> +        cells[i] = kzalloc(sizeof(**cells), GFP_KERNEL);
>>>> +        if (!cells[i]) {
>>>> +            rval = -ENOMEM;
>>>> +            goto err;
>>>> +        }
>>>> +
>
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Srinivas Kandagatla July 23, 2015, 3:50 p.m. UTC | #5
On 23/07/15 16:26, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> Hi Srinivas,
>
> Am 20.07.2015 um 16:43 schrieb Srinivas Kandagatla:
>> This patch adds just providers part of the framework just to enable easy
>> review.
>>
>> Up until now, NVMEM drivers like eeprom were stored in drivers/misc,
>> where they all had to duplicate pretty much the same code to register
>> a sysfs file, allow in-kernel users to access the content of the devices
>> they were driving, etc.
>>
>> This was also a problem as far as other in-kernel users were involved,
>> since the solutions used were pretty much different from on driver to
>> another, there was a rather big abstraction leak.
>>
>> This introduction of this framework aims at solving this. It also
>> introduces DT representation for consumer devices to go get the data
>> they require (MAC Addresses, SoC/Revision ID, part numbers, and so on)
>> from the nvmems.
>>
>> Having regmap interface to this framework would give much better
>> abstraction for nvmems on different buses.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
>> [Maxime Ripard: intial version of eeprom framework]
>> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>
>> ---
>>   drivers/Kconfig                |   2 +
>>   drivers/Makefile               |   1 +
>>   drivers/nvmem/Kconfig          |  13 ++
>>   drivers/nvmem/Makefile         |   6 +
>>   drivers/nvmem/core.c           | 384 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h |  23 +++
>>   include/linux/nvmem-provider.h |  47 +++++
>>   7 files changed, 476 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 drivers/nvmem/Kconfig
>>   create mode 100644 drivers/nvmem/Makefile
>>   create mode 100644 drivers/nvmem/core.c
>>   create mode 100644 include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
>>   create mode 100644 include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
>
> i've tested this patch with my mxs-ocotp driver [1].
>
> So you can add
>
> Tested-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@i2se.com>
>
Thanks for tested-by, That helps.

--srini




> Regards
> Stefan
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/Kconfig b/drivers/Kconfig
index 6e973b8..4e2e6aa 100644
--- a/drivers/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/Kconfig
@@ -184,4 +184,6 @@  source "drivers/android/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/nvdimm/Kconfig"
 
+source "drivers/nvmem/Kconfig"
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/Makefile b/drivers/Makefile
index b64b49f..4c270f5 100644
--- a/drivers/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/Makefile
@@ -165,3 +165,4 @@  obj-$(CONFIG_RAS)		+= ras/
 obj-$(CONFIG_THUNDERBOLT)	+= thunderbolt/
 obj-$(CONFIG_CORESIGHT)		+= hwtracing/coresight/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ANDROID)		+= android/
+obj-$(CONFIG_NVMEM)		+= nvmem/
diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/Kconfig b/drivers/nvmem/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de90c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ 
+menuconfig NVMEM
+	tristate "NVMEM Support"
+	select REGMAP
+	help
+	  Support for NVMEM(Non Volatile Memory) devices like EEPROM, EFUSES...
+
+	  This framework is designed to provide a generic interface to NVMEM
+	  from both the Linux Kernel and the userspace.
+
+	  This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
+	  will be called nvmem_core.
+
+	  If unsure, say no.
diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/Makefile b/drivers/nvmem/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6df2c69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ 
+#
+# Makefile for nvmem drivers.
+#
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_NVMEM)		+= nvmem_core.o
+nvmem_core-y			:= core.o
diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bde5528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -0,0 +1,384 @@ 
+/*
+ * nvmem framework core.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
+ * only version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/nvmem-consumer.h>
+#include <linux/nvmem-provider.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/regmap.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+struct nvmem_device {
+	const char		*name;
+	struct regmap		*regmap;
+	struct module		*owner;
+	struct device		dev;
+	int			stride;
+	int			word_size;
+	int			ncells;
+	int			id;
+	int			users;
+	size_t			size;
+	bool			read_only;
+};
+
+struct nvmem_cell {
+	const char		*name;
+	int			offset;
+	int			bytes;
+	int			bit_offset;
+	int			nbits;
+	struct nvmem_device	*nvmem;
+	struct list_head	node;
+};
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvmem_mutex);
+static DEFINE_IDA(nvmem_ida);
+
+static LIST_HEAD(nvmem_cells);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvmem_cells_mutex);
+
+#define to_nvmem_device(d) container_of(d, struct nvmem_device, dev)
+
+static ssize_t bin_attr_nvmem_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
+				    struct bin_attribute *attr,
+				    char *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count)
+{
+	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = to_nvmem_device(dev);
+	int rc;
+
+	/* Stop the user from reading */
+	if (pos > nvmem->size)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (pos + count > nvmem->size)
+		count = nvmem->size - pos;
+
+	count = round_down(count, nvmem->word_size);
+
+	rc = regmap_raw_read(nvmem->regmap, pos, buf, count);
+
+	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(rc))
+		return rc;
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static ssize_t bin_attr_nvmem_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
+				     struct bin_attribute *attr,
+				     char *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count)
+{
+	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = to_nvmem_device(dev);
+	int rc;
+
+	/* Stop the user from writing */
+	if (pos > nvmem->size)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (pos + count > nvmem->size)
+		count = nvmem->size - pos;
+
+	count = round_down(count, nvmem->word_size);
+
+	rc = regmap_raw_write(nvmem->regmap, pos, buf, count);
+
+	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(rc))
+		return rc;
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+/* default read/write permissions */
+static struct bin_attribute bin_attr_rw_nvmem = {
+	.attr	= {
+		.name	= "nvmem",
+		.mode	= S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO,
+	},
+	.read	= bin_attr_nvmem_read,
+	.write	= bin_attr_nvmem_write,
+};
+
+/* read only permission */
+static struct bin_attribute bin_attr_ro_nvmem = {
+	.attr	= {
+		.name	= "nvmem",
+		.mode	= S_IRUGO,
+	},
+	.read	= bin_attr_nvmem_read,
+};
+
+static void nvmem_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = to_nvmem_device(dev);
+
+	ida_simple_remove(&nvmem_ida, nvmem->id);
+	kfree(nvmem);
+}
+
+static const struct device_type nvmem_provider_type = {
+	.release	= nvmem_release,
+};
+
+static struct bus_type nvmem_bus_type = {
+	.name		= "nvmem",
+};
+
+static int of_nvmem_match(struct device *dev, void *nvmem_np)
+{
+	return dev->of_node == nvmem_np;
+}
+
+static struct nvmem_device *of_nvmem_find(struct device_node *nvmem_np)
+{
+	struct device *d;
+
+	if (!nvmem_np)
+		return NULL;
+
+	d = bus_find_device(&nvmem_bus_type, NULL, nvmem_np, of_nvmem_match);
+
+	if (!d)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return to_nvmem_device(d);
+}
+
+static struct nvmem_cell *nvmem_find_cell(const char *cell_id)
+{
+	struct nvmem_cell *p;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(p, &nvmem_cells, node)
+		if (p && !strcmp(p->name, cell_id))
+			return p;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void nvmem_cell_drop(struct nvmem_cell *cell)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&nvmem_cells_mutex);
+	list_del(&cell->node);
+	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_cells_mutex);
+	kfree(cell);
+}
+
+static void nvmem_device_remove_all_cells(const struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
+{
+	struct nvmem_cell *cell;
+	struct list_head *p, *n;
+
+	list_for_each_safe(p, n, &nvmem_cells) {
+		cell = list_entry(p, struct nvmem_cell, node);
+		if (cell->nvmem == nvmem)
+			nvmem_cell_drop(cell);
+	}
+}
+
+static void nvmem_cell_add(struct nvmem_cell *cell)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&nvmem_cells_mutex);
+	list_add_tail(&cell->node, &nvmem_cells);
+	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_cells_mutex);
+}
+
+static int nvmem_cell_info_to_nvmem_cell(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
+				   const struct nvmem_cell_info *info,
+				   struct nvmem_cell *cell)
+{
+	cell->nvmem = nvmem;
+	cell->offset = info->offset;
+	cell->bytes = info->bytes;
+	cell->name = info->name;
+
+	cell->bit_offset = info->bit_offset;
+	cell->nbits = info->nbits;
+
+	if (cell->nbits)
+		cell->bytes = DIV_ROUND_UP(cell->nbits + cell->bit_offset,
+					   BITS_PER_BYTE);
+
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(cell->offset, nvmem->stride)) {
+		dev_err(&nvmem->dev,
+			"cell %s unaligned to nvmem stride %d\n",
+			cell->name, nvmem->stride);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int nvmem_add_cells(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
+			   const struct nvmem_config *cfg)
+{
+	struct nvmem_cell **cells;
+	const struct nvmem_cell_info *info = cfg->cells;
+	int i, rval;
+
+	cells = kzalloc(sizeof(*cells) * cfg->ncells, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cells)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < cfg->ncells; i++) {
+		cells[i] = kzalloc(sizeof(**cells), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!cells[i]) {
+			rval = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err;
+		}
+
+		rval = nvmem_cell_info_to_nvmem_cell(nvmem, &info[i], cells[i]);
+		if (IS_ERR_VALUE(rval)) {
+			kfree(cells[i]);
+			goto err;
+		}
+
+		nvmem_cell_add(cells[i]);
+	}
+
+	nvmem->ncells = cfg->ncells;
+	/* remove tmp array */
+	kfree(cells);
+
+	return 0;
+err:
+	while (--i)
+		nvmem_cell_drop(cells[i]);
+
+	return rval;
+}
+
+/**
+ * nvmem_register() - Register a nvmem device for given nvmem_config.
+ * Also creates an binary entry in /sys/bus/nvmem/devices/dev-name/nvmem
+ *
+ * @config: nvmem device configuration with which nvmem device is created.
+ *
+ * Return: Will be an ERR_PTR() on error or a valid pointer to nvmem_device
+ * on success.
+ */
+
+struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
+{
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem;
+	struct device_node *np;
+	struct regmap *rm;
+	int rval;
+
+	if (!config->dev)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	rm = dev_get_regmap(config->dev, NULL);
+	if (!rm) {
+		dev_err(config->dev, "Regmap not found\n");
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
+	nvmem = kzalloc(sizeof(*nvmem), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!nvmem)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	nvmem->id = ida_simple_get(&nvmem_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (nvmem->id < 0) {
+		kfree(nvmem);
+		return ERR_PTR(nvmem->id);
+	}
+
+	nvmem->regmap = rm;
+	nvmem->owner = config->owner;
+	nvmem->stride = regmap_get_reg_stride(rm);
+	nvmem->word_size = regmap_get_val_bytes(rm);
+	nvmem->size = regmap_get_max_register(rm) + nvmem->stride;
+	nvmem->dev.type = &nvmem_provider_type;
+	nvmem->dev.bus = &nvmem_bus_type;
+	nvmem->dev.parent = config->dev;
+	np = config->dev->of_node;
+	nvmem->dev.of_node = np;
+	dev_set_name(&nvmem->dev, "%s%d",
+		     config->name ? : "nvmem", config->id);
+
+	nvmem->read_only = np ? of_property_read_bool(np, "read-only") : 0;
+
+	nvmem->read_only |= config->read_only;
+
+	device_initialize(&nvmem->dev);
+
+	dev_dbg(&nvmem->dev, "Registering nvmem device %s\n", config->name);
+
+	rval = device_add(&nvmem->dev);
+	if (rval) {
+		ida_simple_remove(&nvmem_ida, nvmem->id);
+		kfree(nvmem);
+		return ERR_PTR(rval);
+	}
+
+	if (device_create_bin_file(&nvmem->dev,
+				nvmem->read_only ? &bin_attr_ro_nvmem :
+				&bin_attr_rw_nvmem))
+		dev_warn(&nvmem->dev, "Failed to create sysfs binary file\n");
+
+	if (config->cells)
+		nvmem_add_cells(nvmem, config);
+
+	return nvmem;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_register);
+
+/**
+ * nvmem_unregister() - Unregister previously registered nvmem device
+ *
+ * @nvmem: Pointer to previously registered nvmem device.
+ *
+ * Return: Will be an negative on error or a zero on success.
+ */
+int nvmem_unregister(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&nvmem_mutex);
+	if (nvmem->users) {
+		mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
+
+	nvmem_device_remove_all_cells(nvmem);
+	device_del(&nvmem->dev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_unregister);
+
+static int __init nvmem_init(void)
+{
+	return bus_register(&nvmem_bus_type);
+}
+
+static void __exit nvmem_exit(void)
+{
+	bus_unregister(&nvmem_bus_type);
+}
+
+subsys_initcall(nvmem_init);
+module_exit(nvmem_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("nvmem Driver Core");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h b/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e9e767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ 
+/*
+ * nvmem framework consumer.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2.  This program is licensed "as is" without any
+ * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_NVMEM_CONSUMER_H
+#define _LINUX_NVMEM_CONSUMER_H
+
+struct nvmem_cell_info {
+	const char		*name;
+	unsigned int		offset;
+	unsigned int		bytes;
+	unsigned int		bit_offset;
+	unsigned int		nbits;
+};
+
+#endif  /* ifndef _LINUX_NVMEM_CONSUMER_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h b/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b68caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ 
+/*
+ * nvmem framework provider.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2.  This program is licensed "as is" without any
+ * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_NVMEM_PROVIDER_H
+#define _LINUX_NVMEM_PROVIDER_H
+
+struct nvmem_device;
+struct nvmem_cell_info;
+
+struct nvmem_config {
+	struct device		*dev;
+	const char		*name;
+	int			id;
+	struct module		*owner;
+	const struct nvmem_cell_info	*cells;
+	int			ncells;
+	bool			read_only;
+};
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NVMEM)
+
+struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *cfg);
+int nvmem_unregister(struct nvmem_device *nvmem);
+
+#else
+
+static inline struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *c)
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
+}
+
+static inline int nvmem_unregister(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
+{
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_NVMEM */
+
+#endif  /* ifndef _LINUX_NVMEM_PROVIDER_H */