dt: add of_alias_scan and of_alias_get_id

index 3ff22e3..8abde58 100644
@@ -17,14 +17,39 @@
  *      as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
  *      2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 
+/**
+ * struct alias_prop - Alias property in 'aliases' node
+ * @link:	List node to link the structure in aliases_lookup list
+ * @alias:	Alias property name
+ * @np:		Pointer to device_node that the alias stands for
+ * @id:		Index value from end of alias name
+ * @stem:	Alias string without the index
+ *
+ * The structure represents one alias property of 'aliases' node as
+ * an entry in aliases_lookup list.
+ */
+struct alias_prop {
+	struct list_head link;
+	const char *alias;
+	struct device_node *np;
+	int id;
+	char stem[0];
+};
+
+static LIST_HEAD(aliases_lookup);
+
 struct device_node *allnodes;
 struct device_node *of_chosen;
+struct device_node *of_aliases;
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(of_aliases_mutex);
 
 /* use when traversing tree through the allnext, child, sibling,
  * or parent members of struct device_node.

@@ -988,3 +1013,99 @@ out_unlock:
 }
 #endif /* defined(CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC) */
 
+static void of_alias_add(struct alias_prop *ap, struct device_node *np,
+			 int id, const char *stem, int stem_len)
+{
+	ap->np = np;
+	ap->id = id;
+	strncpy(ap->stem, stem, stem_len);
+	ap->stem[stem_len] = 0;
+	list_add_tail(&ap->link, &aliases_lookup);
+	pr_debug("adding DT alias:%s: stem=%s id=%i node=%s\n",
+		 ap->alias, ap->stem, ap->id, np ? np->full_name : NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * of_alias_scan - Scan all properties of 'aliases' node
+ *
+ * The function scans all the properties of 'aliases' node and populate
+ * the the global lookup table with the properties.  It returns the
+ * number of alias_prop found, or error code in error case.
+ *
+ * @dt_alloc:	An allocator that provides a virtual address to memory
+ *		for the resulting tree
+ */
+void of_alias_scan(void * (*dt_alloc)(u64 size, u64 align))
+{
+	struct property *pp;
+
+	of_chosen = of_find_node_by_path("/chosen");
+	if (of_chosen == NULL)
+		of_chosen = of_find_node_by_path("/chosen@0");
+	of_aliases = of_find_node_by_path("/aliases");
+	if (!of_aliases)
+		return;
+
+	for_each_property(pp, of_aliases->properties) {
+		const char *start = pp->name;
+		const char *end = start + strlen(start);
+		struct device_node *np;
+		struct alias_prop *ap;
+		int id, len;
+
+		/* Skip those we do not want to proceed */
+		if (!strcmp(pp->name, "name") ||
+		    !strcmp(pp->name, "phandle") ||
+		    !strcmp(pp->name, "linux,phandle"))
+			continue;
+
+		np = of_find_node_by_path(pp->value);
+		if (!np)
+			continue;
+
+		/* walk the alias backwards to extract the id and work out
+		 * the 'stem' string */
+		while (isdigit(*(end-1)) && end > start)
+			end--;
+		len = end - start;
+
+		if (kstrtoint(end, 10, &id) < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		/* Allocate an alias_prop with enough space for the stem */
+		ap = dt_alloc(sizeof(*ap) + len + 1, 4);
+		if (!ap)
+			continue;
+		ap->alias = start;
+		of_alias_add(ap, np, id, start, len);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * of_alias_get_id - Get alias id for the given device_node
+ * @np:		Pointer to the given device_node
+ * @stem:	Alias stem of the given device_node
+ *
+ * The function travels the lookup table to get alias id for the given
+ * device_node and alias stem.  It returns the alias id if find it.
+ */
+int of_alias_get_id(struct device_node *np, const char *stem)
+{
+	struct alias_prop *app;
+	int id = -ENODEV;
+
+	mutex_lock(&of_aliases_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry(app, &aliases_lookup, link) {
+		if (strcmp(app->stem, stem) != 0)
+			continue;
+
+		if (np == app->np) {
+			id = app->id;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&of_aliases_mutex);
+
+	return id;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_alias_get_id);

index 65200af..aeec35b 100644
@@ -707,10 +707,8 @@ void __init unflatten_device_tree(void)
 	__unflatten_device_tree(initial_boot_params, &allnodes,
 				early_init_dt_alloc_memory_arch);
 
-	/* Get pointer to OF "/chosen" node for use everywhere */
-	of_chosen = of_find_node_by_path("/chosen");
-	if (of_chosen == NULL)
-		of_chosen = of_find_node_by_path("/chosen@0");
+	/* Get pointer to "/chosen" and "/aliasas" nodes for use everywhere */
+	of_alias_scan(early_init_dt_alloc_memory_arch);
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE */

index 4d87b5d..bc5b399 100644
@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ static struct device_node * __init of_pdt_build_tree(struct device_node *parent,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void *kernel_tree_alloc(u64 size, u64 align)
+{
+	return prom_early_alloc(size);
+}
+
 void __init of_pdt_build_devicetree(phandle root_node, struct of_pdt_ops *ops)
 {
 	struct device_node **nextp;

@@ -245,4 +250,7 @@ void __init of_pdt_build_devicetree(phandle root_node, struct of_pdt_ops *ops)
 	nextp = &allnodes->allnext;
 	allnodes->child = of_pdt_build_tree(allnodes,
 			of_pdt_prom_ops->getchild(allnodes->phandle), &nextp);
+
+	/* Get pointer to "/chosen" and "/aliasas" nodes for use everywhere */
+	of_alias_scan(kernel_tree_alloc);
 }

index 9180dc5..8b6383d 100644
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ struct device_node {
 /* Pointer for first entry in chain of all nodes. */
 extern struct device_node *allnodes;
 extern struct device_node *of_chosen;
+extern struct device_node *of_aliases;
 extern rwlock_t devtree_lock;
 
 static inline bool of_have_populated_dt(void)

@@ -209,6 +210,9 @@ extern int of_device_is_available(const struct device_node *device);
 extern const void *of_get_property(const struct device_node *node,
 				const char *name,
 				int *lenp);
+#define for_each_property(pp, properties) \
+	for (pp = properties; pp != NULL; pp = pp->next)
+
 extern int of_n_addr_cells(struct device_node *np);
 extern int of_n_size_cells(struct device_node *np);
 extern const struct of_device_id *of_match_node(

@@ -221,6 +225,9 @@ extern int of_parse_phandles_with_args(struct device_node *np,
 	const char *list_name, const char *cells_name, int index,
 	struct device_node **out_node, const void **out_args);
 
+extern void of_alias_scan(void * (*dt_alloc)(u64 size, u64 align));
+extern int of_alias_get_id(struct device_node *np, const char *stem);
+
 extern int of_machine_is_compatible(const char *compat);
 
 extern int prom_add_property(struct device_node* np, struct property* prop);

index 4a36470..b550cff 100644
@@ -1318,17 +1318,22 @@ static int serial_imx_resume(struct platform_device *dev)
 static int serial_imx_probe_dt(struct imx_port *sport,
 		struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	static int portnum = 0;
 	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	const struct of_device_id *of_id =
 			of_match_device(imx_uart_dt_ids, &pdev->dev);
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!np)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	sport->port.line = portnum++;
-	if (sport->port.line >= UART_NR)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	ret = of_alias_get_id(np, "serial");
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		pr_err("%s: failed to get alias id, errno %d\n",
+			__func__, ret);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	} else {
+		sport->port.line = ret;
+	}
 
 	if (of_get_property(np, "fsl,uart-has-rtscts", NULL))
 		sport->have_rtscts = 1;