1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index e3612c3ac194..b6e6c26883ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ struct tty_operations;
 
 struct tty_struct {
         int     magic;
+        struct kref kref;
         struct tty_driver *driver;
         const struct tty_operations *ops;
         int index;
@@ -311,6 +312,23 @@ extern int kmsg_redirect;
 extern void console_init(void);
 extern int vcs_init(void);
 
+/**
+ *      tty_kref_get            -       get a tty reference
+ *      @tty: tty device
+ *
+ *      Return a new reference to a tty object. The caller must hold
+ *      sufficient locks/counts to ensure that their existing reference cannot
+ *      go away
+ */
+
+extern inline struct tty_struct *tty_kref_get(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+        if (tty)
+                kref_get(&tty->kref);
+        return tty;
+}
+extern void tty_kref_put(struct tty_struct *tty);
+
 extern int tty_paranoia_check(struct tty_struct *tty, struct inode *inode,
                               const char *routine);
 extern char *tty_name(struct tty_struct *tty, char *buf);