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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Generic CPU definitions.
+//!
+//! C header: [`include/linux/cpu.h`](srctree/include/linux/cpu.h)
+
+use crate::{bindings, device::Device, error::Result, prelude::ENODEV};
+
+/// Creates a new instance of CPU's device.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// Reference counting is not implemented for the CPU device in the C code. When a CPU is
+/// hot-unplugged, the corresponding CPU device is unregistered, but its associated memory
+/// is not freed.
+///
+/// Callers must ensure that the CPU device is not used after it has been unregistered.
+/// This can be achieved, for example, by registering a CPU hotplug notifier and removing
+/// any references to the CPU device within the notifier's callback.
+pub unsafe fn from_cpu(cpu: u32) -> Result<&'static Device> {
+    // SAFETY: It is safe to call `get_cpu_device()` for any CPU.
+    let ptr = unsafe { bindings::get_cpu_device(cpu) };
+    if ptr.is_null() {
+        return Err(ENODEV);
+    }
+
+    // SAFETY: The pointer returned by `get_cpu_device()`, if not `NULL`, is a valid pointer to
+    // a `struct device` and is never freed by the C code.
+    Ok(unsafe { Device::as_ref(ptr) })
+}