1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index 89f632f91768..12df7d037d37 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -184,7 +184,30 @@ static ssize_t type_show(struct device *dev,
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(type);
 
+static ssize_t force_ro_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+			     char *buf)
+{
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = to_nvmem_device(dev);
+
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", nvmem->read_only);
+}
+
+static ssize_t force_ro_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+			      const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = to_nvmem_device(dev);
+	int ret = kstrtobool(buf, &nvmem->read_only);
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(force_ro);
+
 static struct attribute *nvmem_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_force_ro.attr,
 	&dev_attr_type.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
@@ -285,6 +308,25 @@ static umode_t nvmem_bin_attr_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
 	return nvmem_bin_attr_get_umode(nvmem);
 }
 
+static umode_t nvmem_attr_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
+				     struct attribute *attr, int i)
+{
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = to_nvmem_device(dev);
+
+	/*
+	 * If the device has no .reg_write operation, do not allow
+	 * configuration as read-write.
+	 * If the device is set as read-only by configuration, it
+	 * can be forced into read-write mode using the 'force_ro'
+	 * attribute.
+	 */
+	if (attr == &dev_attr_force_ro.attr && !nvmem->reg_write)
+		return 0;	/* Attribute not visible */
+
+	return attr->mode;
+}
+
 static struct nvmem_cell *nvmem_create_cell(struct nvmem_cell_entry *entry,
 					    const char *id, int index);
 
@@ -341,6 +383,7 @@ static const struct attribute_group nvmem_bin_group = {
 	.bin_attrs	= nvmem_bin_attributes,
 	.attrs		= nvmem_attrs,
 	.is_bin_visible = nvmem_bin_attr_is_visible,
+	.is_visible	= nvmem_attr_is_visible,
 };
 
 static const struct attribute_group *nvmem_dev_groups[] = {