bus: Add device_has_children predicate

Add a device_has_children() function which can be used to check if a
device has children without allocating a list of them which we aren't
going to use, or even counting them.

Also modify device_get_children() so it can be used to query the count
without allocating a list.

MFC after:	1 week
Sponsored by:	Klara, Inc.
Sponsored by:	NetApp, Inc.
Reviewed by:	imp, markj
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53918

share/man/man9/Makefile

@@ -1040,6 +1040,7 @@ MLINKS+=devfs_set_cdevpriv.9 devfs_clear_cdevpriv.9 \
 MLINKS+=device_add_child.9 device_add_child_ordered.9
 MLINKS+=device_enable.9 device_disable.9 \
 	device_enable.9 device_is_enabled.9
+MLINKS+=device_get_children.9 device_has_children.9
 MLINKS+=device_get_ivars.9 device_set_ivars.9
 MLINKS+=device_get_name.9 device_get_nameunit.9
 MLINKS+=device_get_state.9 device_busy.9 \

share/man/man9/device_get_children.9

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .\" -*- nroff -*-
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1998 Doug Rabson
+.\" Copyright (c) 2025 Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
 .\"
 .\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -26,21 +27,27 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd August 23, 2008
+.Dd November 28, 2025
 .Dt DEVICE_GET_CHILDREN 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
-.Nm device_get_children
-.Nd get a list of devices connected to a device
+.Nm device_get_children ,
+.Nm device_has_children
+.Nd examine devices connected to a device
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In sys/param.h
 .In sys/bus.h
 .Ft int
 .Fn device_get_children "device_t dev" "device_t **devlistp" "int *devcountp"
+.Ft bool
+.Fn device_has_children "device_t dev"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-Retrieve a list of all device instances currently connected to
-.Pa dev
-and return the list in
+The
+.Nm device_get_children
+function retrieves a list of all device instances currently connected
+to
+.Fa dev .
+It returns the list in
 .Fa *devlistp
 and the count in
 .Fa *devcountp .
@@ -50,11 +57,35 @@ The memory allocated for the list should be freed using
 and
 .Fa devcountp
 are not changed when an error is returned.
+.Pp
+As a special case, if
+.Fa devlistp
+is null, no memory is allocated but the count is still returned in
+.Fa *devcountp .
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm device_has_children
+function returns
+.Dv true
+if
+.Fa dev
+has at least one child and
+.Dv false
+if it has none.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
-Zero is returned on success, otherwise an appropriate error is returned.
+The
+.Nm device_get_children
+function returns zero on success and an appropriate error otherwise.
+The
+.Nm device_has_children
+function returns true if the specified device has at least one child
+and false otherwise.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr devclass 9 ,
 .Xr device 9
 .Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
 This manual page was written by
-.An Doug Rabson .
+.An Doug Rabson Aq Mt dfr@FreeBSD.org
+and
+.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@FreeBSD.org .

sys/kern/subr_bus.c

@@ -1858,6 +1858,10 @@ device_get_children(device_t dev, device_t **devlistp, int *devcountp)
 	TAILQ_FOREACH(child, &dev->children, link) {
 		count++;
 	}
+	if (devlistp == NULL) {
+		*devcountp = count;
+		return (0);
+	}
 	if (count == 0) {
 		*devlistp = NULL;
 		*devcountp = 0;
@@ -1880,6 +1884,20 @@ device_get_children(device_t dev, device_t **devlistp, int *devcountp)
 	return (0);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Check if a device has children
+ *
+ * @param dev		the device to examine
+ *
+ * @rerval true		the device has at least one child
+ * @retval false	the device has no children
+ */
+bool
+device_has_children(device_t dev)
+{
+	return (!TAILQ_EMPTY(&dev->children));
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Return the current driver for the device or @c NULL if there
  * is no driver currently attached

sys/sys/bus.h

@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ device_state_t	device_get_state(device_t dev);
 int	device_get_unit(device_t dev);
 struct sysctl_ctx_list *device_get_sysctl_ctx(device_t dev);
 struct sysctl_oid *device_get_sysctl_tree(device_t dev);
+bool	device_has_children(device_t dev);
 int	device_has_quiet_children(device_t dev);
 int	device_is_alive(device_t dev);	/* did probe succeed? */
 int	device_is_attached(device_t dev);	/* did attach succeed? */