[PATCH v7 0/9] Add simple NVMEM Framework via regmap.

@@ -184,4 +184,6 @@ source "drivers/android/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/nvdimm/Kconfig"
 
+source "drivers/nvmem/Kconfig"
+
 endmenu

@@ -165,3 +165,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RAS)		+= ras/
 obj-$(CONFIG_THUNDERBOLT)	+= thunderbolt/
 obj-$(CONFIG_CORESIGHT)		+= hwtracing/coresight/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ANDROID)		+= android/
+obj-$(CONFIG_NVMEM)		+= nvmem/

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+menuconfig NVMEM
+	tristate "NVMEM Support"
+	select REGMAP
+	help
+	  Support for NVMEM(Non Volatile Memory) devices like EEPROM, EFUSES...
+
+	  This framework is designed to provide a generic interface to NVMEM
+	  from both the Linux Kernel and the userspace.
+
+	  This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
+	  will be called nvmem_core.
+
+	  If unsure, say no.

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#
+# Makefile for nvmem drivers.
+#
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_NVMEM)		+= nvmem_core.o
+nvmem_core-y			:= core.o

@@ -0,0 +1,380 @@
+/*
+ * nvmem framework core.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
+ * only version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/nvmem-provider.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/regmap.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+struct nvmem_device {
+	const char		*name;
+	struct regmap		*regmap;
+	struct module		*owner;
+	struct device		dev;
+	int			stride;
+	int			word_size;
+	int			ncells;
+	int			id;
+	int			users;
+	size_t			size;
+	bool			read_only;
+};
+
+struct nvmem_cell {
+	const char *name;
+	int			offset;
+	int			bytes;
+	int			bit_offset;
+	int			nbits;
+	struct nvmem_device	*nvmem;
+	struct list_head	node;
+};
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvmem_mutex);
+static DEFINE_IDA(nvmem_ida);
+
+static LIST_HEAD(nvmem_cells);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvmem_cells_mutex);
+
+#define to_nvmem_device(d) container_of(d, struct nvmem_device, dev)
+
+static ssize_t bin_attr_nvmem_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
+				    struct bin_attribute *attr,
+				    char *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count)
+{
+	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = to_nvmem_device(dev);
+	int rc;
+
+	/* Stop the user from reading */
+	if (pos > nvmem->size)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (pos + count > nvmem->size)
+		count = nvmem->size - pos;
+
+	count = count/nvmem->word_size * nvmem->word_size;
+
+	rc = regmap_raw_read(nvmem->regmap, pos, buf, count);
+
+	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(rc))
+		return rc;
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static ssize_t bin_attr_nvmem_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
+				     struct bin_attribute *attr,
+				     char *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count)
+{
+	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = to_nvmem_device(dev);
+	int rc;
+
+	/* Stop the user from writing */
+	if (pos > nvmem->size)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (pos + count > nvmem->size)
+		count = nvmem->size - pos;
+
+	count = count/nvmem->word_size * nvmem->word_size;
+
+	rc = regmap_raw_write(nvmem->regmap, pos, buf, count);
+
+	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(rc))
+		return rc;
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+/* default read/write permissions */
+static struct bin_attribute bin_attr_rw_nvmem = {
+	.attr	= {
+		.name	= "nvmem",
+		.mode	= S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO,
+	},
+	.read	= bin_attr_nvmem_read,
+	.write	= bin_attr_nvmem_write,
+};
+
+/* read only permission */
+static struct bin_attribute bin_attr_ro_nvmem = {
+	.attr	= {
+		.name	= "nvmem",
+		.mode	= S_IRUGO,
+	},
+	.read	= bin_attr_nvmem_read,
+};
+
+static void nvmem_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = to_nvmem_device(dev);
+
+	ida_simple_remove(&nvmem_ida, nvmem->id);
+	kfree(nvmem);
+}
+
+static const struct device_type nvmem_provider_type = {
+	.release	= nvmem_release,
+};
+
+static struct bus_type nvmem_bus_type = {
+	.name		= "nvmem",
+};
+
+static int of_nvmem_match(struct device *dev, void *nvmem_np)
+{
+	return dev->of_node == nvmem_np;
+}
+
+static struct nvmem_device *of_nvmem_find(struct device_node *nvmem_np)
+{
+	struct device *d;
+
+	if (!nvmem_np)
+		return NULL;
+
+	d = bus_find_device(&nvmem_bus_type, NULL, nvmem_np, of_nvmem_match);
+
+	return d ? to_nvmem_device(d) : NULL;
+}
+
+static struct nvmem_cell *nvmem_find_cell(const char *cell_id)
+{
+	struct nvmem_cell *p;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(p, &nvmem_cells, node)
+		if (p && !strcmp(p->name, cell_id))
+			return p;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void nvmem_cell_drop(struct nvmem_cell *cell)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&nvmem_cells_mutex);
+	list_del(&cell->node);
+	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_cells_mutex);
+	kfree(cell);
+}
+
+static void nvmem_device_remove_all_cells(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
+{
+	struct nvmem_cell *cell;
+	struct list_head *p, *n;
+
+	list_for_each_safe(p, n, &nvmem_cells) {
+		cell = list_entry(p, struct nvmem_cell, node);
+		if (cell->nvmem == nvmem)
+			nvmem_cell_drop(cell);
+	}
+}
+
+static void nvmem_cell_add(struct nvmem_cell *cell)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&nvmem_cells_mutex);
+	list_add_tail(&cell->node, &nvmem_cells);
+	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_cells_mutex);
+}
+
+static int nvmem_cell_info_to_nvmem_cell(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
+				   struct nvmem_cell_info *info,
+				   struct nvmem_cell *cell)
+{
+	cell->nvmem = nvmem;
+	cell->offset = info->offset;
+	cell->bytes = info->bytes;
+	cell->name = info->name;
+
+	cell->bit_offset = info->bit_offset;
+	cell->nbits = info->nbits;
+
+	if (cell->nbits)
+		cell->bytes = DIV_ROUND_UP(cell->nbits + cell->bit_offset,
+					   BITS_PER_BYTE);
+
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(cell->offset, nvmem->stride)) {
+		dev_err(&nvmem->dev,
+			"cell %s unaligned to nvmem stride %d\n",
+			cell->name, nvmem->stride);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int nvmem_add_cells(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
+			   struct nvmem_config *cfg)
+{
+	struct nvmem_cell **cells;
+	struct nvmem_cell_info *info = cfg->cells;
+	int i, rval;
+
+	cells = kzalloc(sizeof(*cells) * cfg->ncells, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cells)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < cfg->ncells; i++) {
+		cells[i] = kzalloc(sizeof(**cells), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!cells[i]) {
+			rval = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err;
+		}
+
+		rval = nvmem_cell_info_to_nvmem_cell(nvmem, &info[i], cells[i]);
+		if (IS_ERR_VALUE(rval)) {
+			kfree(cells[i]);
+			goto err;
+		}
+
+		nvmem_cell_add(cells[i]);
+	}
+
+	nvmem->ncells = cfg->ncells;
+	/* remove tmp array */
+	kfree(cells);
+
+	return 0;
+err:
+	while (--i)
+		nvmem_cell_drop(cells[i]);
+
+	return rval;
+}
+
+/**
+ * nvmem_register() - Register a nvmem device for given nvmem_config.
+ * Also creates an binary entry in /sys/bus/nvmem/devices/dev-name/nvmem
+ *
+ * @config: nvmem device configuration with which nvmem device is created.
+ *
+ * The return value will be an ERR_PTR() on error or a valid pointer
+ * to nvmem_device.
+ */
+
+struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(struct nvmem_config *config)
+{
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem;
+	struct regmap *rm;
+	int rval;
+
+	if (!config->dev)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	rm = dev_get_regmap(config->dev, NULL);
+	if (!rm) {
+		dev_err(config->dev, "Regmap not found\n");
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
+	nvmem = kzalloc(sizeof(*nvmem), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!nvmem)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	nvmem->id = ida_simple_get(&nvmem_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (nvmem->id < 0) {
+		kfree(nvmem);
+		return ERR_PTR(nvmem->id);
+	}
+
+	nvmem->regmap = rm;
+	nvmem->owner = config->owner;
+	nvmem->stride = regmap_get_reg_stride(rm);
+	nvmem->word_size = regmap_get_val_bytes(rm);
+	nvmem->size = regmap_get_max_register(rm) + nvmem->stride;
+	nvmem->dev.type = &nvmem_provider_type;
+	nvmem->dev.bus = &nvmem_bus_type;
+	nvmem->dev.parent = config->dev;
+	nvmem->dev.of_node = config->dev->of_node;
+	dev_set_name(&nvmem->dev, "%s%d",
+		     config->name ? : "nvmem", config->id);
+
+	nvmem->read_only = nvmem->dev.of_node ?
+				of_property_read_bool(nvmem->dev.of_node,
+				"read-only") :
+				config->read_only;
+
+	device_initialize(&nvmem->dev);
+
+	dev_dbg(&nvmem->dev, "Registering nvmem device %s\n",
+		dev_name(&nvmem->dev));
+
+	rval = device_add(&nvmem->dev);
+	if (rval) {
+		ida_simple_remove(&nvmem_ida, nvmem->id);
+		kfree(nvmem);
+		return ERR_PTR(rval);
+	}
+
+	if (device_create_bin_file(&nvmem->dev,
+				nvmem->read_only ? &bin_attr_ro_nvmem :
+				&bin_attr_rw_nvmem))
+		dev_info(&nvmem->dev, "Failed to create sysfs binary file\n");
+
+	if (config->cells)
+		nvmem_add_cells(nvmem, config);
+
+	return nvmem;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_register);
+
+/**
+ * nvmem_unregister() - Unregister previously registered nvmem device
+ *
+ * @nvmem: Pointer to previously registered nvmem device.
+ *
+ * The return value will be an non zero on error or a zero on success.
+ */
+int nvmem_unregister(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&nvmem_mutex);
+	if (nvmem->users) {
+		mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
+
+	nvmem_device_remove_all_cells(nvmem);
+	device_del(&nvmem->dev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_unregister);
+
+static int __init nvmem_init(void)
+{
+	return bus_register(&nvmem_bus_type);
+}
+
+static void __exit nvmem_exit(void)
+{
+	bus_unregister(&nvmem_bus_type);
+}
+
+subsys_initcall(nvmem_init);
+module_exit(nvmem_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("nvmem Driver Core");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * nvmem framework provider.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2.  This program is licensed "as is" without any
+ * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_NVMEM_PROVIDER_H
+#define _LINUX_NVMEM_PROVIDER_H
+
+struct nvmem_device;
+
+struct nvmem_cell_info {
+	const char		*name;
+	int			offset;
+	int			bytes;
+	int			bit_offset;
+	int			nbits;
+};
+
+struct nvmem_config {
+	struct device		*dev;
+	const char		*name;
+	int			id;
+	struct module		*owner;
+	struct nvmem_cell_info	*cells;
+	int			ncells;
+	bool			read_only;
+};
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NVMEM)
+
+struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(struct nvmem_config *cfg);
+int nvmem_unregister(struct nvmem_device *nvmem);
+
+#else
+
+static inline struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(struct nvmem_config *cfg)
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
+}
+
+static inline int nvmem_unregister(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
+{
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_NVMEM */
+
+#endif  /* ifndef _LINUX_NVMEM_PROVIDER_H */

@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/nvmem-provider.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/regmap.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/nvmem-consumer.h>
+#include <linux/nvmem-provider.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/regmap.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
 struct nvmem_device {

@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(struct nvmem_config *config)
 	if (config->cells)
 		nvmem_add_cells(nvmem, config);
 
+
 	return nvmem;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_register);

@@ -361,6 +363,424 @@ int nvmem_unregister(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_unregister);
 
+static struct nvmem_device *__nvmem_device_get(struct device_node *np,
+					       struct nvmem_cell **cellp,
+					       const char *cell_id)
+{
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = NULL;
+
+	mutex_lock(&nvmem_mutex);
+
+	if (np) {
+		nvmem = of_nvmem_find(np);
+		if (!nvmem) {
+			mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
+			return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+		}
+	} else {
+		struct nvmem_cell *cell = nvmem_find_cell(cell_id);
+
+		if (cell) {
+			nvmem = cell->nvmem;
+			*cellp = cell;
+		}
+
+		if (!nvmem) {
+			mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+		}
+	}
+
+	nvmem->users++;
+	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
+
+	if (!try_module_get(nvmem->owner)) {
+		dev_err(&nvmem->dev,
+			"could not increase module refcount for cell %s\n",
+			nvmem->name);
+
+		mutex_lock(&nvmem_mutex);
+		nvmem->users--;
+		mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
+
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
+	return nvmem;
+}
+
+static void __nvmem_device_put(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
+{
+	module_put(nvmem->owner);
+	mutex_lock(&nvmem_mutex);
+	nvmem->users--;
+	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
+}
+
+static struct nvmem_cell *nvmem_cell_get_from_list(const char *cell_id)
+{
+	struct nvmem_cell *cell = NULL;
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem;
+
+	nvmem = __nvmem_device_get(NULL, &cell, cell_id);
+	if (IS_ERR(nvmem))
+		return ERR_CAST(nvmem);
+
+
+	return cell;
+
+}
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NVMEM) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF)
+/**
+ * of_nvmem_cell_get() - Get a nvmem cell from given device node and cell id
+ *
+ * @dev node: Device tree node that uses the nvmem cell
+ * @id: nvmem cell name from nvmem-cell-names property.
+ *
+ * The return value will be an ERR_PTR() on error or a valid pointer
+ * to a struct nvmem_cell.  The nvmem_cell will be freed by the
+ * nvmem_cell_put().
+ */
+struct nvmem_cell *of_nvmem_cell_get(struct device_node *np,
+					    const char *name)
+{
+	struct device_node *cell_np, *nvmem_np;
+	struct nvmem_cell *cell;
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem;
+	const __be32 *addr;
+	int rval, len, index;
+
+	index = of_property_match_string(np, "nvmem-cell-names", name);
+
+	cell_np = of_parse_phandle(np, "nvmem-cells", index);
+	if (!cell_np)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	nvmem_np = of_get_next_parent(cell_np);
+	if (!nvmem_np)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	nvmem = __nvmem_device_get(nvmem_np, NULL, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(nvmem))
+		return ERR_CAST(nvmem);
+
+	addr = of_get_property(cell_np, "reg", &len);
+	if (!addr || (len < 2 * sizeof(int))) {
+		dev_err(&nvmem->dev, "nvmem: invalid reg on %s\n",
+			cell_np->full_name);
+		rval  = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_mem;
+	}
+
+	cell = kzalloc(sizeof(*cell), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cell) {
+		rval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_mem;
+	}
+
+	cell->nvmem = nvmem;
+	cell->offset = be32_to_cpup(addr++);
+	cell->bytes = be32_to_cpup(addr);
+	cell->name = cell_np->name;
+
+	of_property_read_u32(cell_np, "bit-offset", &cell->bit_offset);
+	of_property_read_u32(cell_np, "nbits", &cell->nbits);
+
+	if (cell->nbits)
+		cell->bytes = DIV_ROUND_UP(cell->nbits + cell->bit_offset,
+					   BITS_PER_BYTE);
+
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(cell->offset, nvmem->stride)) {
+			dev_err(&nvmem->dev,
+				"cell %s unaligned to nvmem stride %d\n",
+				cell->name, nvmem->stride);
+		rval  = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_sanity;
+	}
+
+	nvmem_cell_add(cell);
+
+	return cell;
+
+err_sanity:
+	kfree(cell);
+
+err_mem:
+	__nvmem_device_put(nvmem);
+
+	return ERR_PTR(rval);
+
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_nvmem_cell_get);
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * nvmem_cell_get() - Get nvmem cell of device form a given cell name
+ *
+ * @dev node: Device tree node that uses the nvmem cell
+ * @id: nvmem cell name to get.
+ *
+ * The return value will be an ERR_PTR() on error or a valid pointer
+ * to a struct nvmem_cell.  The nvmem_cell will be freed by the
+ * nvmem_cell_put().
+ */
+struct nvmem_cell *nvmem_cell_get(struct device *dev, const char *cell_id)
+{
+	struct nvmem_cell *cell;
+
+	if (dev->of_node) { /* try dt first */
+		cell = of_nvmem_cell_get(dev->of_node, cell_id);
+		if (!IS_ERR(cell) || PTR_ERR(cell) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			return cell;
+	}
+
+	return nvmem_cell_get_from_list(cell_id);
+
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_cell_get);
+
+static void devm_nvmem_cell_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
+{
+	nvmem_cell_put(*(struct nvmem_cell **)res);
+}
+
+/**
+ * devm_nvmem_cell_get() - Get nvmem cell of device form a given id
+ *
+ * @dev node: Device tree node that uses the nvmem cell
+ * @id: nvmem id in nvmem-names property.
+ *
+ * The return value will be an ERR_PTR() on error or a valid pointer
+ * to a struct nvmem_cell.  The nvmem_cell will be freed by the
+ * automatically once the device is freed.
+ */
+struct nvmem_cell *devm_nvmem_cell_get(struct device *dev, const char *id)
+{
+	struct nvmem_cell **ptr, *cell;
+
+	ptr = devres_alloc(devm_nvmem_cell_release, sizeof(*ptr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ptr)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	cell = nvmem_cell_get(dev, id);
+	if (!IS_ERR(cell)) {
+		*ptr = cell;
+		devres_add(dev, ptr);
+	} else {
+		devres_free(ptr);
+	}
+
+	return cell;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_nvmem_cell_get);
+
+static int devm_nvmem_cell_match(struct device *dev, void *res, void *data)
+{
+	struct nvmem_cell **c = res;
+
+	if (!c || !*c) {
+		WARN_ON(!c || !*c);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return *c == data;
+}
+
+/**
+ * devm_nvmem_cell_put() - Release previously allocated nvmem cell
+ * from devm_nvmem_cell_get.
+ *
+ * @cell: Previously allocated nvmem cell by devm_nvmem_cell_get()
+ */
+void devm_nvmem_cell_put(struct device *dev, struct nvmem_cell *cell)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = devres_release(dev, devm_nvmem_cell_release,
+				devm_nvmem_cell_match, cell);
+
+	WARN_ON(ret);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(devm_nvmem_cell_put);
+
+/**
+ * nvmem_cell_put() - Release previously allocated nvmem cell.
+ *
+ * @cell: Previously allocated nvmem cell by nvmem_cell_get()
+ */
+void nvmem_cell_put(struct nvmem_cell *cell)
+{
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = cell->nvmem;
+
+	__nvmem_device_put(nvmem);
+	nvmem_cell_drop(cell);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_cell_put);
+
+static inline void nvmem_shift_read_buffer_in_place(struct nvmem_cell *cell,
+						    void *buf)
+{
+	u8 *p, *b;
+	int i, bit_offset = cell->bit_offset;
+
+	p = b = buf;
+	if (bit_offset) {
+		/* First shift */
+		*b++ >>= bit_offset;
+
+		/* setup rest of the bytes if any */
+		for (i = 1; i < cell->bytes; i++) {
+			/* Get bits from next byte and shift them towards msb */
+			*p |= *b << (BITS_PER_BYTE - bit_offset);
+
+			p = b;
+			*b++ >>= bit_offset;
+		}
+
+		/* result fits in less bytes */
+		if (cell->bytes != DIV_ROUND_UP(cell->nbits, BITS_PER_BYTE))
+			*p-- = 0;
+	}
+	/* clear msb bits if any leftover in the last byte */
+	*p &= GENMASK((cell->nbits%BITS_PER_BYTE) - 1, 0);
+}
+
+static int __nvmem_cell_read(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
+		      struct nvmem_cell *cell,
+		      void *buf, size_t *len)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = regmap_raw_read(nvmem->regmap, cell->offset, buf, cell->bytes);
+
+	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(rc))
+		return rc;
+
+	/* shift bits in-place */
+	if (cell->bit_offset || cell->bit_offset)
+		nvmem_shift_read_buffer_in_place(cell, buf);
+
+	*len = cell->bytes;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+/**
+ * nvmem_cell_read() - Read a given nvmem cell
+ *
+ * @cell: nvmem cell to be read.
+ * @len: pointer to length of cell which will be populated on successful read.
+ *
+ * The return value will be an ERR_PTR() on error or a valid pointer
+ * to a char * bufffer.  The buffer should be freed by the consumer with a
+ * kfree().
+ */
+void *nvmem_cell_read(struct nvmem_cell *cell, size_t *len)
+{
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = cell->nvmem;
+	u8 *buf;
+	int rc;
+
+	if (!nvmem || !nvmem->regmap)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	buf = kzalloc(cell->bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	rc = __nvmem_cell_read(nvmem, cell, buf, len);
+	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(rc)) {
+		kfree(buf);
+		return ERR_PTR(rc);
+	}
+
+	return buf;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_cell_read);
+
+static inline void *nvmem_cell_prepare_write_buffer(struct nvmem_cell *cell,
+						    u8 *_buf, int len)
+{
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = cell->nvmem;
+	int i, rc, nbits, bit_offset = cell->bit_offset;
+	u8 v, *p, *buf, *b, pbyte, pbits;
+
+	nbits = cell->nbits;
+	buf = kzalloc(cell->bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	memcpy(buf, _buf, len);
+	p = b = buf;
+
+	if (bit_offset) {
+		pbyte = *b;
+		*b <<= bit_offset;
+
+		/* setup the first byte with lsb bits from nvmem */
+		rc = regmap_raw_read(nvmem->regmap, cell->offset, &v, 1);
+		*b++ |= GENMASK(bit_offset - 1, 0) & v;
+
+		/* setup rest of the byte if any */
+		for (i = 1; i < cell->bytes; i++) {
+			/* Get last byte bits and shift them towards lsb */
+			pbits = pbyte >> (BITS_PER_BYTE - 1 - bit_offset);
+			pbyte = *b;
+			p = b;
+			*b <<= bit_offset;
+			*b++ |= pbits;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* if it's not end on byte boundary */
+	if ((nbits + bit_offset) % BITS_PER_BYTE) {
+		/* setup the last byte with msb bits from nvmem */
+		rc = regmap_raw_read(nvmem->regmap,
+				    cell->offset + cell->bytes - 1, &v, 1);
+		*p |= GENMASK(7, (nbits + bit_offset) % BITS_PER_BYTE) & v;
+
+	}
+
+	return buf;
+}
+
+/**
+ * nvmem_cell_write() - Write to a given nvmem cell
+ *
+ * @cell: nvmem cell to be written.
+ * @buf: Buffer to be written.
+ * @len: length of buffer to be written to nvmem cell.
+ *
+ * The return value will be an length of bytes written or non zero on failure.
+ */
+int nvmem_cell_write(struct nvmem_cell *cell, void *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = cell->nvmem;
+	int rc;
+	void *wbuf = buf;
+
+	if (!nvmem || !nvmem->regmap || nvmem->read_only ||
+	    (cell->bit_offset == 0 && len != cell->bytes))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (cell->bit_offset || cell->nbits) {
+		wbuf = nvmem_cell_prepare_write_buffer(cell, buf, len);
+		if (IS_ERR(wbuf))
+			return PTR_ERR(wbuf);
+	}
+
+	rc = regmap_raw_write(nvmem->regmap, cell->offset, wbuf, cell->bytes);
+
+	/* free the tmp buffer */
+	if (cell->bit_offset)
+		kfree(wbuf);
+
+	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(rc))
+		return rc;
+
+	return len;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_cell_write);
+
 static int __init nvmem_init(void)
 {
 	return bus_register(&nvmem_bus_type);