be2net: Fix cleanup path when EQ creation fails

[linux-2.6-block.git] / drivers / i2c / i2c-core.c

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index feb7dc359186495ead9dbff484e0ab76507eff0c..a6ad32bc0a96d633629f5a2a4cd85cdf3420c57d 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -772,6 +772,23 @@ struct device_type i2c_adapter_type = {
 };
 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