1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c
index a58a19a6a5e1..01c70c01f64a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -396,6 +396,27 @@ void tty_ldisc_enable(struct tty_struct *tty)
 }
 
 /**
+ *      tty_ldisc_flush -       flush line discipline queue
+ *      @tty: tty
+ *
+ *      Flush the line discipline queue (if any) for this tty. If there
+ *      is no line discipline active this is a no-op.
+ */
+
+void tty_ldisc_flush(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+        struct tty_ldisc *ld = tty_ldisc_ref(tty);
+        if (ld) {
+                if (ld->ops->flush_buffer)
+                        ld->ops->flush_buffer(tty);
+                tty_ldisc_deref(ld);
+        }
+        tty_buffer_flush(tty);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_ldisc_flush);
+
+/**
  *      tty_set_termios_ldisc           -       set ldisc field
  *      @tty: tty structure
  *      @num: line discipline number