+static struct device_attribute dev_mtd_num =
+ __ATTR(mtd_num, S_IRUGO, dev_attribute_show, NULL);
+
+/**
+ * ubi_get_device - get UBI device.
+ * @ubi_num: UBI device number
+ *
+ * This function returns UBI device description object for UBI device number
+ * @ubi_num, or %NULL if the device does not exist. This function increases the
+ * device reference count to prevent removal of the device. In other words, the
+ * device cannot be removed if its reference count is not zero.
+ */
+struct ubi_device *ubi_get_device(int ubi_num)
+{
+ struct ubi_device *ubi;
+
+ spin_lock(&ubi_devices_lock);
+ ubi = ubi_devices[ubi_num];
+ if (ubi) {
+ ubi_assert(ubi->ref_count >= 0);
+ ubi->ref_count += 1;
+ get_device(&ubi->dev);
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&ubi_devices_lock);
+
+ return ubi;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_put_device - drop an UBI device reference.
+ * @ubi: UBI device description object
+ */
+void ubi_put_device(struct ubi_device *ubi)
+{
+ spin_lock(&ubi_devices_lock);
+ ubi->ref_count -= 1;
+ put_device(&ubi->dev);
+ spin_unlock(&ubi_devices_lock);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_get_by_major - get UBI device description object by character device
+ * major number.
+ * @major: major number
+ *
+ * This function is similar to 'ubi_get_device()', but it searches the device
+ * by its major number.
+ */
+struct ubi_device *ubi_get_by_major(int major)
+{
+ int i;
+ struct ubi_device *ubi;
+
+ spin_lock(&ubi_devices_lock);
+ for (i = 0; i < UBI_MAX_DEVICES; i++) {
+ ubi = ubi_devices[i];
+ if (ubi && MAJOR(ubi->cdev.dev) == major) {
+ ubi_assert(ubi->ref_count >= 0);
+ ubi->ref_count += 1;
+ get_device(&ubi->dev);
+ spin_unlock(&ubi_devices_lock);
+ return ubi;
+ }
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&ubi_devices_lock);
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_major2num - get UBI device number by character device major number.
+ * @major: major number
+ *
+ * This function searches UBI device number object by its major number. If UBI
+ * device was not found, this function returns -ENODEV, otherwise the UBI device
+ * number is returned.
+ */
+int ubi_major2num(int major)
+{
+ int i, ubi_num = -ENODEV;
+
+ spin_lock(&ubi_devices_lock);
+ for (i = 0; i < UBI_MAX_DEVICES; i++) {
+ struct ubi_device *ubi = ubi_devices[i];
+
+ if (ubi && MAJOR(ubi->cdev.dev) == major) {
+ ubi_num = ubi->ubi_num;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&ubi_devices_lock);
+
+ return ubi_num;
+}