+/**
+ * ata_host_activate - start host, request IRQ and register it
+ * @host: target ATA host
+ * @irq: IRQ to request
+ * @irq_handler: irq_handler used when requesting IRQ
+ * @irq_flags: irq_flags used when requesting IRQ
+ * @sht: scsi_host_template to use when registering the host
+ *
+ * After allocating an ATA host and initializing it, most libata
+ * LLDs perform three steps to activate the host - start host,
+ * request IRQ and register it. This helper takes necessasry
+ * arguments and performs the three steps in one go.
+ *
+ * LOCKING:
+ * Inherited from calling layer (may sleep).
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ * 0 on success, -errno otherwise.
+ */
+int ata_host_activate(struct ata_host *host, int irq,
+ irq_handler_t irq_handler, unsigned long irq_flags,
+ struct scsi_host_template *sht)
+{
+ int rc;
+
+ rc = ata_host_start(host);
+ if (rc)
+ return rc;
+
+ rc = devm_request_irq(host->dev, irq, irq_handler, irq_flags,
+ dev_driver_string(host->dev), host);
+ if (rc)
+ return rc;
+
+ rc = ata_host_register(host, sht);
+ /* if failed, just free the IRQ and leave ports alone */
+ if (rc)
+ devm_free_irq(host->dev, irq, host);
+
+ return rc;
+}
+