devpts: factor out PTY index allocation

Factor out the code used to allocate/free a pts index into new interfaces,
devpts_new_index() and devpts_kill_index().  This localizes the external data
structures used in managing the pts indices.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: undo accidental mutex2sem conversion]
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/devpts_fs.h b/include/linux/devpts_fs.h
index b672ddc00735..154769cad3f3 100644
--- a/include/linux/devpts_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/devpts_fs.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS
 
+int devpts_new_index(void);
+void devpts_kill_index(int idx);
 int devpts_pty_new(struct tty_struct *tty);      /* mknod in devpts */
 struct tty_struct *devpts_get_tty(int number);   /* get tty structure */
 void devpts_pty_kill(int number);                /* unlink */
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ void devpts_pty_kill(int number);		 /* unlink */
 #else
 
 /* Dummy stubs in the no-pty case */
+static inline int devpts_new_index(void) { return -EINVAL; }
+static inline void devpts_kill_index(int idx) { }
 static inline int devpts_pty_new(struct tty_struct *tty) { return -EINVAL; }
 static inline struct tty_struct *devpts_get_tty(int number) { return NULL; }
 static inline void devpts_pty_kill(int number) { }