@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
 #include <linux/gpio.h>
 #include <linux/gpio/driver.h>

@@ -1074,6 +1075,26 @@ struct gpio_device *gpio_device_find(void *data,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_device_find);
 
+static int gpio_chip_match_by_label(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *label)
+{
+	return gc->label && !strcmp(gc->label, label);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gpio_device_find_by_label() - wrapper around gpio_device_find() finding the
+ *                               GPIO device by its backing chip's label
+ * @label: Label to lookup
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * Reference to the GPIO device or NULL. Reference must be released with
+ * ``gpio_device_put``.
+ */
+struct gpio_device *gpio_device_find_by_label(const char *label)
+{
+	return gpio_device_find((void *)label, gpio_chip_match_by_label);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_device_find_by_label);
+
 static int gpiochip_match_name(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data)
 {
 	const char *name = data;

@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ struct gpio_chip *gpiochip_find(void *data,
 struct gpio_device *gpio_device_find(void *data,
 				     int (*match)(struct gpio_chip *gc,
 						  void *data));
+struct gpio_device *gpio_device_find_by_label(const char *label);
 
 struct gpio_device *gpio_device_get(struct gpio_device *gdev);
 void gpio_device_put(struct gpio_device *gdev);