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diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index bff46ce3bc3b..1e05911325f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ extern void bus_remove_file(struct bus_type *, struct bus_attribute *);
* -EPROBE_DEFER it will queue the device for deferred probing.
* @uevent: Called when a device is added, removed, or a few other things
* that generate uevents to add the environment variables.
+ * @add_links: Called, perhaps multiple times per device, after a device is
+ * added to this bus. The function is expected to create device
+ * links to all the suppliers of the input device that are
+ * available at the time this function is called. As in, the
+ * function should NOT stop at the first failed device link if
+ * other unlinked supplier devices are present in the system.
+ *
+ * Return 0 if device links have been successfully created to all
+ * the suppliers of this device. Return an error if some of the
+ * suppliers are not yet available and this function needs to be
+ * reattempted in the future.
* @probe: Called when a new device or driver add to this bus, and callback
* the specific driver's probe to initial the matched device.
* @remove: Called when a device removed from this bus.
@@ -122,6 +133,7 @@ struct bus_type {
int (*match)(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv);
int (*uevent)(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
+ int (*add_links)(struct device *dev);
int (*probe)(struct device *dev);
int (*remove)(struct device *dev);
void (*shutdown)(struct device *dev);
@@ -1128,11 +1140,13 @@ enum dl_dev_state {
* struct dev_links_info - Device data related to device links.
* @suppliers: List of links to supplier devices.
* @consumers: List of links to consumer devices.
+ * @needs_suppliers: Hook to global list of devices waiting for suppliers.
* @status: Driver status information.
*/
struct dev_links_info {
struct list_head suppliers;
struct list_head consumers;
+ struct list_head needs_suppliers;
enum dl_dev_state status;
};