[PATCH 1/2] tty: add new helper function tty_get_mget

[Florian Eckert]

The struct 'tty_struct' has a callback to read the status flags of the tty
if the tty driver provides them. So fare, the data is transferred directly
to userspace with the function 'tty_tiocmget'. This function cannot be
used to evaluate the status line of the tty interface in the ledtrig-tty
trigger. To make this possible, a new function must be added that does
not immediately pass the data on to userspace.

The new function 'tty_get_mget' only returns the status register.
This information can then be processed further in the ledtrig-tty
trigger.

Signed-off-by: Florian Eckert <fe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++------
 include/linux/tty.h  |  1 +
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 8a94e5a43c6d..8070ed0ce41f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -2494,6 +2494,25 @@ static int send_break(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int duration)
 	return retval;
 }
 
+/**
+ * tty_get_mget		-	get modem status
+ * @tty: tty device
+ *
+ * Obtain the modem status bits from the tty driver if the feature
+ * is supported.
+ *
+ */
+int tty_get_mget(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+	int retval = -ENOTTY;
+
+	if (tty->ops->tiocmget)
+		retval = tty->ops->tiocmget(tty);
+
+	return retval;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_get_mget);
+
 /**
  * tty_tiocmget		-	get modem status
  * @tty: tty device
@@ -2506,14 +2525,12 @@ static int send_break(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int duration)
  */
 static int tty_tiocmget(struct tty_struct *tty, int __user *p)
 {
-	int retval = -ENOTTY;
+	int retval;
 
-	if (tty->ops->tiocmget) {
-		retval = tty->ops->tiocmget(tty);
+	retval = tty_get_mget(tty);
+	if (retval >= 0)
+		retval = put_user(retval, p);
 
-		if (retval >= 0)
-			retval = put_user(retval, p);
-	}
 	return retval;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index f002d0f25db7..7b9edd4a7007 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ int tty_unthrottle_safe(struct tty_struct *tty);
 int tty_do_resize(struct tty_struct *tty, struct winsize *ws);
 int tty_get_icount(struct tty_struct *tty,
 		struct serial_icounter_struct *icount);
+int tty_get_mget(struct tty_struct *tty);
 int is_current_pgrp_orphaned(void);
 void tty_hangup(struct tty_struct *tty);
 void tty_vhangup(struct tty_struct *tty);
-- 
2.30.2