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diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-device.h b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
index 0dd3e8e8653e..5d5d550e63ad 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-device.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
basic V4L2 device-level support.
*/
-#define V4L2_DEVICE_NAME_SIZE (BUS_ID_SIZE + 16)
+#define V4L2_DEVICE_NAME_SIZE (20 + 16)
struct v4l2_device {
/* dev->driver_data points to this struct.
@@ -53,10 +53,31 @@ struct v4l2_device {
dev may be NULL in rare cases (ISA devices). In that case you
must fill in the v4l2_dev->name field before calling this function. */
int __must_check v4l2_device_register(struct device *dev, struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
+
+/* Optional function to initialize the name field of struct v4l2_device using
+ the driver name and a driver-global atomic_t instance.
+ This function will increment the instance counter and returns the instance
+ value used in the name.
+
+ Example:
+
+ static atomic_t drv_instance = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
+ ...
+
+ instance = v4l2_device_set_name(&v4l2_dev, "foo", &drv_instance);
+
+ The first time this is called the name field will be set to foo0 and
+ this function returns 0. If the name ends with a digit (e.g. cx18),
+ then the name will be set to cx18-0 since cx180 looks really odd. */
+int v4l2_device_set_name(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev, const char *basename,
+ atomic_t *instance);
+
/* Set v4l2_dev->dev to NULL. Call when the USB parent disconnects.
Since the parent disappears this ensures that v4l2_dev doesn't have an
invalid parent pointer. */
void v4l2_device_disconnect(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
+
/* Unregister all sub-devices and any other resources related to v4l2_dev. */
void v4l2_device_unregister(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
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