tty: tty_port: Add a kref object to the tty port
Users of tty port need a way to refcount ports when hotplugging is
involved.
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index e9269ca..e6da667 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@
/* FIXME: long term getting the tty argument *out* of this would be
good for consoles */
int (*activate)(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty);
+ /* Called on the final put of a port */
+ void (*destruct)(struct tty_port *port);
};
struct tty_port {
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@
int drain_delay; /* Set to zero if no pure time
based drain is needed else
set to size of fifo */
+ struct kref kref; /* Ref counter */
};
/*
@@ -461,6 +464,15 @@
extern void tty_port_init(struct tty_port *port);
extern int tty_port_alloc_xmit_buf(struct tty_port *port);
extern void tty_port_free_xmit_buf(struct tty_port *port);
+extern void tty_port_put(struct tty_port *port);
+
+extern inline struct tty_port *tty_port_get(struct tty_port *port)
+{
+ if (port)
+ kref_get(&port->kref);
+ return port;
+}
+
extern struct tty_struct *tty_port_tty_get(struct tty_port *port);
extern void tty_port_tty_set(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty);
extern int tty_port_carrier_raised(struct tty_port *port);