1 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index c48c4acb9b87..148f66a1d49a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
 
 #include "base.h"
 #include "power/power.h"
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ static void platform_device_release(struct device *dev)
 	kfree(pa->pdev.dev.platform_data);
 	kfree(pa->pdev.mfd_cell);
 	kfree(pa->pdev.resource);
+	kfree(pa->pdev.driver_override);
 	kfree(pa);
 }
 
@@ -698,8 +700,49 @@ static ssize_t modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *a,
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(modalias);
 
+static ssize_t driver_override_store(struct device *dev,
+				     struct device_attribute *attr,
+				     const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
+	char *driver_override, *old = pdev->driver_override, *cp;
+
+	if (count > PATH_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	driver_override = kstrndup(buf, count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!driver_override)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	cp = strchr(driver_override, '\n');
+	if (cp)
+		*cp = '\0';
+
+	if (strlen(driver_override)) {
+		pdev->driver_override = driver_override;
+	} else {
+		kfree(driver_override);
+		pdev->driver_override = NULL;
+	}
+
+	kfree(old);
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static ssize_t driver_override_show(struct device *dev,
+				    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", pdev->driver_override);
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(driver_override);
+
+
 static struct attribute *platform_dev_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_modalias.attr,
+	&dev_attr_driver_override.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(platform_dev);
@@ -755,6 +798,10 @@ static int platform_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
 	struct platform_driver *pdrv = to_platform_driver(drv);
 
+	/* When driver_override is set, only bind to the matching driver */
+	if (pdev->driver_override)
+		return !strcmp(pdev->driver_override, drv->name);
+
 	/* Attempt an OF style match first */
 	if (of_driver_match_device(dev, drv))
 		return 1;