diff --git a/drivers/base/devcon.c b/drivers/base/devcon.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/**
+ * Device connections
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ * Author: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/device.h>
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(devcon_lock);
+static LIST_HEAD(devcon_list);
+
+/**
+ * device_connection_find_match - Find physical connection to a device
+ * @dev: Device with the connection
+ * @con_id: Identifier for the connection
+ * @data: Data for the match function
+ * @match: Function to check and convert the connection description
+ *
+ * Find a connection with unique identifier @con_id between @dev and another
+ * device. @match will be used to convert the connection description to data the
+ * caller is expecting to be returned.
+ */
+void *device_connection_find_match(struct device *dev, const char *con_id,
+			       void *data,
+			       void *(*match)(struct device_connection *con,
+					      int ep, void *data))
+{
+	const char *devname = dev_name(dev);
+	struct device_connection *con;
+	void *ret = NULL;
+	int ep;
+
+	if (!match)
+		return NULL;
+
+	mutex_lock(&devcon_lock);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(con, &devcon_list, list) {
+		ep = match_string(con->endpoint, 2, devname);
+		if (ep < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		if (con_id && strcmp(con->id, con_id))
+			continue;
+
+		ret = match(con, !ep, data);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&devcon_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_connection_find_match);
+
+extern struct bus_type platform_bus_type;
+extern struct bus_type pci_bus_type;
+extern struct bus_type i2c_bus_type;
+extern struct bus_type spi_bus_type;
+
+static struct bus_type *generic_match_buses[] = {
+	&platform_bus_type,
+#ifdef CONFIG_PCI
+	&pci_bus_type,
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_I2C
+	&i2c_bus_type,
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPI_MASTER
+	&spi_bus_type,
+#endif
+	NULL,
+};
+
+/* This tries to find the device from the most common bus types by name. */
+static void *generic_match(struct device_connection *con, int ep, void *data)
+{
+	struct bus_type *bus;
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	for (bus = generic_match_buses[0]; bus; bus++) {
+		dev = bus_find_device_by_name(bus, NULL, con->endpoint[ep]);
+		if (dev)
+			return dev;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We only get called if a connection was found, tell the caller to
+	 * wait for the other device to show up.
+	 */
+	return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+}
+
+/**
+ * device_connection_find - Find two devices connected together
+ * @dev: Device with the connection
+ * @con_id: Identifier for the connection
+ *
+ * Find a connection with unique identifier @con_id between @dev and
+ * another device. On success returns handle to the device that is connected
+ * to @dev, with the reference count for the found device incremented. Returns
+ * NULL if no matching connection was found, or ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER) when a
+ * connection was found but the other device has not been enumerated yet.
+ */
+struct device *device_connection_find(struct device *dev, const char *con_id)
+{
+	return device_connection_find_match(dev, con_id, NULL, generic_match);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_connection_find);
+
+/**
+ * device_connection_add - Register a connection description
+ * @con: The connection description to be registered
+ */
+void device_connection_add(struct device_connection *con)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&devcon_lock);
+	list_add_tail(&con->list, &devcon_list);
+	mutex_unlock(&devcon_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_connection_add);
+
+/**
+ * device_connections_remove - Unregister connection description
+ * @con: The connection description to be unregistered
+ */
+void device_connection_remove(struct device_connection *con)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&devcon_lock);
+	list_del(&con->list);
+	mutex_unlock(&devcon_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_connection_remove);