[RFC 1/5] resource: add create_resource() helper function

[Antony Pavlov]

Signed-off-by: Antony Pavlov <antonynpavlov at gmail.com>
---
 common/resource.c      |   15 +++++++++++++++
 include/linux/ioport.h |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/common/resource.c b/common/resource.c
index ea6abe8..a493e70 100644
--- a/common/resource.c
+++ b/common/resource.c
@@ -113,3 +113,18 @@ struct resource *request_iomem_region(const char *name,
 {
 	return request_region(&iomem_resource, name, start, end);
 }
+
+struct resource *create_resource(const char *name,
+	resource_size_t start, resource_size_t end)
+{
+	struct resource *t;
+
+	t = xzalloc(sizeof *t);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&t->children);
+	t->parent = NULL;
+	t->name = xstrdup(name);
+	t->start = start;
+	t->end = end;
+
+	return t;
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/ioport.h b/include/linux/ioport.h
index 6d6cd68..0a282ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/ioport.h
+++ b/include/linux/ioport.h
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ struct resource *request_region(struct resource *parent,
 		resource_size_t size);
 
 int release_region(struct resource *res);
+struct resource *create_resource(const char *name,
+	resource_size_t start, resource_size_t end);
 
 extern struct resource iomem_resource;
 
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