---

yaml
---
r: 28300
b: refs/heads/master
c: 3e95637
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e9a7d305faec364ba973d6c22c9b1e802ef79204
+refs/heads/master: 3e95637a48820ff8bedb33e6439def96ccff1de5

trunk/drivers/base/core.c

@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@ int (*platform_notify_remove)(struct device * dev) = NULL;
  * sysfs bindings for devices.
  */
 
+/**
+ * dev_driver_string - Return a device's driver name, if at all possible
+ * @dev: struct device to get the name of
+ *
+ * Will return the device's driver's name if it is bound to a device.  If
+ * the device is not bound to a device, it will return the name of the bus
+ * it is attached to.  If it is not attached to a bus either, an empty
+ * string will be returned.
+ */
+const char *dev_driver_string(struct device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->driver ? dev->driver->name :
+			(dev->bus ? dev->bus->name : "");
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_driver_string);
+
 #define to_dev(obj) container_of(obj, struct device, kobj)
 #define to_dev_attr(_attr) container_of(_attr, struct device_attribute, attr)
 

trunk/include/linux/device.h

@@ -416,8 +416,9 @@ extern int firmware_register(struct subsystem *);
 extern void firmware_unregister(struct subsystem *);
 
 /* debugging and troubleshooting/diagnostic helpers. */
+extern const char *dev_driver_string(struct device *dev);
 #define dev_printk(level, dev, format, arg...)	\
-	printk(level "%s %s: " format , (dev)->driver ? (dev)->driver->name : "" , (dev)->bus_id , ## arg)
+	printk(level "%s %s: " format , dev_driver_string(dev) , (dev)->bus_id , ## arg)
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 #define dev_dbg(dev, format, arg...)		\