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Implement "force_ro" sysfs attribute to allow users to set read-write
devices as read-only and back to read-write from userspace. The choice
of the name is based on MMC core 'force_ro' attribute.

This solves a situation where an AT24 I2C EEPROM with GPIO based nWP
signal may have to be occasionally updated. Such I2C EEPROM device is
usually set as read-only during most of the regular system operation,
but in case it has to be updated in a controlled manner, it could be
unlocked using this new "force_ro" sysfs attribute and then re-locked
again.

The "read-only" DT property and config->read_only configuration is
respected and is used to set default state of the device, read-only
or read-write, for devices which do implement .reg_write function.
For devices which do not implement .reg_write function, the device
is unconditionally read-only and the "force_ro" attribute is not
visible.
Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240705074852.423202-16-srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>