[PATCH 05/14] tty: core: Add helper fn to deref tty driver name

[Peter Hurley]

Similar to tty_name(), add tty_driver_name() helper to safely
dereference tty->driver->name (otherwise return empty string).

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 7 +++++++
 include/linux/tty.h  | 1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index f463894..7a7b77d 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -256,6 +256,13 @@ const char *tty_name(const struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_name);
 
+const char *tty_driver_name(const struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+	if (!tty || !tty->driver)
+		return "";
+	return tty->driver->name;
+}
+
 static int tty_paranoia_check(struct tty_struct *tty, struct inode *inode,
 			      const char *routine)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index 0532465..a9c1af9 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ static inline struct tty_struct *tty_kref_get(struct tty_struct *tty)
 }
 
 extern const char *tty_name(const struct tty_struct *tty);
+extern const char *tty_driver_name(const struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void tty_wait_until_sent(struct tty_struct *tty, long timeout);
 extern int __tty_check_change(struct tty_struct *tty, int sig);
 extern int tty_check_change(struct tty_struct *tty);
-- 
2.6.3

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