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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/tty/tty_io.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 34 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c index 690224483fab..098a7c72b640 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c @@ -3061,21 +3061,37 @@ void tty_unregister_device(struct tty_driver *driver, unsigned index) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_unregister_device); -struct tty_driver *__alloc_tty_driver(int lines, struct module *owner) +/** + * __tty_alloc_driver -- allocate tty driver + * @lines: count of lines this driver can handle at most + * @owner: module which is repsonsible for this driver + * @flags: some of TTY_DRIVER_* flags, will be set in driver->flags + * + * This should not be called directly, some of the provided macros should be + * used instead. Use IS_ERR and friends on @retval. + */ +struct tty_driver *__tty_alloc_driver(unsigned int lines, struct module *owner, + unsigned long flags) { struct tty_driver *driver; + if (!lines) + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); + driver = kzalloc(sizeof(struct tty_driver), GFP_KERNEL); - if (driver) { - kref_init(&driver->kref); - driver->magic = TTY_DRIVER_MAGIC; - driver->num = lines; - driver->owner = owner; - /* later we'll move allocation of tables here */ - } + if (!driver) + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); + + kref_init(&driver->kref); + driver->magic = TTY_DRIVER_MAGIC; + driver->num = lines; + driver->owner = owner; + driver->flags = flags; + /* later we'll move allocation of tables here */ + return driver; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_tty_driver); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__tty_alloc_driver); static void destruct_tty_driver(struct kref *kref) { |