---

yaml
---
r: 325652
b: refs/heads/master
c: 0019b40
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 16a02081baa15becdb7d6460659e7832e6524d93
+refs/heads/master: 0019b4089ccef8148d8be83cc8adfc81a75b47d4

trunk/drivers/char/ttyprintk.c

@@ -178,13 +178,15 @@ static struct tty_driver *ttyprintk_driver;
 static int __init ttyprintk_init(void)
 {
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
-	void *rp;
 
 	tty_port_init(&tpk_port.port);
 	tpk_port.port.ops = &null_ops;
 	mutex_init(&tpk_port.port_write_mutex);
 
-	ttyprintk_driver = alloc_tty_driver(1);
+	ttyprintk_driver = tty_alloc_driver(1,
+			TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS |
+			TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW |
+			TTY_DRIVER_UNNUMBERED_NODE);
 	if (!ttyprintk_driver)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -195,8 +197,6 @@ static int __init ttyprintk_init(void)
 	ttyprintk_driver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_CONSOLE;
 	ttyprintk_driver->init_termios = tty_std_termios;
 	ttyprintk_driver->init_termios.c_oflag = OPOST | OCRNL | ONOCR | ONLRET;
-	ttyprintk_driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS |
-		TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV;
 	tty_set_operations(ttyprintk_driver, &ttyprintk_ops);
 
 	ret = tty_register_driver(ttyprintk_driver);
@@ -205,15 +205,6 @@ static int __init ttyprintk_init(void)
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	/* create our unnumbered device */
-	rp = device_create(tty_class, NULL, MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 3), NULL,
-				ttyprintk_driver->name);
-	if (IS_ERR(rp)) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Couldn't create ttyprintk device\n");
-		ret = PTR_ERR(rp);
-		goto error;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 
 error:

trunk/drivers/tty/tty_io.c

@@ -1216,7 +1216,10 @@ static void pty_line_name(struct tty_driver *driver, int index, char *p)
  */
 static void tty_line_name(struct tty_driver *driver, int index, char *p)
 {
-	sprintf(p, "%s%d", driver->name, index + driver->name_base);
+	if (driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_UNNUMBERED_NODE)
+		strcpy(p, driver->name);
+	else
+		sprintf(p, "%s%d", driver->name, index + driver->name_base);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3076,7 +3079,7 @@ struct tty_driver *__tty_alloc_driver(unsigned int lines, struct module *owner,
 	struct tty_driver *driver;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!lines)
+	if (!lines || (flags & TTY_DRIVER_UNNUMBERED_NODE && lines > 1))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	driver = kzalloc(sizeof(struct tty_driver), GFP_KERNEL);

trunk/include/linux/tty_driver.h

@@ -394,6 +394,11 @@ static inline struct tty_driver *tty_driver_kref_get(struct tty_driver *d)
  * TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_ALLOC -- do not allocate structures which are
  *	needed per line for this driver as it would waste memory.
  *	The driver will take care.
+ *
+ * TTY_DRIVER_UNNUMBERED_NODE -- do not create numbered /dev nodes. In
+ *	other words create /dev/ttyprintk and not /dev/ttyprintk0.
+ *	Applicable only when a driver for a single tty device is
+ *	being allocated.
  */
 #define TTY_DRIVER_INSTALLED		0x0001
 #define TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS	0x0002
@@ -402,6 +407,7 @@ static inline struct tty_driver *tty_driver_kref_get(struct tty_driver *d)
 #define TTY_DRIVER_DEVPTS_MEM		0x0010
 #define TTY_DRIVER_HARDWARE_BREAK	0x0020
 #define TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_ALLOC	0x0040
+#define TTY_DRIVER_UNNUMBERED_NODE	0x0080
 
 /* tty driver types */
 #define TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SYSTEM		0x0001