Merge branch 'topic/snd-device' into for-next

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sound/core/init.c b/sound/core/init.c
index 074875d68c15..96194599e82e 100644
--- a/sound/core/init.c
+++ b/sound/core/init.c
@@ -157,6 +157,29 @@ static int get_slot_from_bitmask(int mask, int (*check)(struct module *, int),
 	return mask; /* unchanged */
 }
 
+/* the default release callback set in snd_device_initialize() below;
+ * this is just NOP for now, as almost all jobs are already done in
+ * dev_free callback of snd_device chain instead.
+ */
+static void default_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+}
+
+/**
+ * snd_device_initialize - Initialize struct device for sound devices
+ * @dev: device to initialize
+ * @card: card to assign, optional
+ */
+void snd_device_initialize(struct device *dev, struct snd_card *card)
+{
+	device_initialize(dev);
+	if (card)
+		dev->parent = &card->card_dev;
+	dev->class = sound_class;
+	dev->release = default_release;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_device_initialize);
+
 static int snd_card_do_free(struct snd_card *card);
 static const struct attribute_group *card_dev_attr_groups[];