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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/backlight.h | 1 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c index cac3e35d7630..92d80aa0c0ef 100644 --- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c @@ -433,6 +433,27 @@ struct backlight_device *backlight_device_get_by_type(enum backlight_type type) EXPORT_SYMBOL(backlight_device_get_by_type); /** + * backlight_device_get_by_name - Get backlight device by name + * @name: Device name + * + * This function looks up a backlight device by its name. It obtains a reference + * on the backlight device and it is the caller's responsibility to drop the + * reference by calling backlight_put(). + * + * Returns: + * A pointer to the backlight device if found, otherwise NULL. + */ +struct backlight_device *backlight_device_get_by_name(const char *name) +{ + struct device *dev; + + dev = class_find_device_by_name(backlight_class, name); + + return dev ? to_backlight_device(dev) : NULL; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(backlight_device_get_by_name); + +/** * backlight_device_unregister - unregisters a backlight device object. * @bd: the backlight device object to be unregistered and freed. * diff --git a/include/linux/backlight.h b/include/linux/backlight.h index c7d6b2e8c3b5..56e4580d4f55 100644 --- a/include/linux/backlight.h +++ b/include/linux/backlight.h @@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ extern void backlight_force_update(struct backlight_device *bd, extern int backlight_register_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb); extern int backlight_unregister_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb); extern struct backlight_device *backlight_device_get_by_type(enum backlight_type type); +struct backlight_device *backlight_device_get_by_name(const char *name); extern int backlight_device_set_brightness(struct backlight_device *bd, unsigned long brightness); #define to_backlight_device(obj) container_of(obj, struct backlight_device, dev) |