int tty_register_driver(struct tty_driver *driver)

drivers/tty/tty_io.c

/*

 * Called by a tty driver to register itself.
 */
int tty_register_driver(struct tty_driver *driver)
{
    int error;
    int i;
    dev_t dev;
    void **p = NULL;
    struct device *d;

    if (!(driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_DEVPTS_MEM) && driver->num) {
        p = kzalloc(driver->num * 2 * sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!p)
            return -ENOMEM;
    }

    if (!driver->major) {
        error = alloc_chrdev_region(&dev, driver->minor_start,
                        driver->num, driver->name);
        if (!error) {
            driver->major = MAJOR(dev);
            driver->minor_start = MINOR(dev);
        }
    } else {
        dev = MKDEV(driver->major, driver->minor_start);
        error = register_chrdev_region(dev, driver->num, driver->name);
    }
    if (error < 0) {
        kfree(p);
        return error;
    }

    if (p) {
        driver->ttys = (struct tty_struct **)p;
        driver->termios = (struct ktermios **)(p + driver->num);
    } else {
        driver->ttys = NULL;
        driver->termios = NULL;
    }

    cdev_init(&driver->cdev, &tty_fops);
    driver->cdev.owner = driver->owner;
    error = cdev_add(&driver->cdev, dev, driver->num);
    if (error) {
        unregister_chrdev_region(dev, driver->num);
        driver->ttys = NULL;
        driver->termios = NULL;
        kfree(p);
        return error;
    }

    mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
    list_add(&driver->tty_drivers, &tty_drivers);
    mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);

    if (!(driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV)) {
        for (i = 0; i < driver->num; i++) {
            d = tty_register_device(driver, i, NULL);
            if (IS_ERR(d)) {
                error = PTR_ERR(d);
                goto err;
            }
        }
    }
    proc_tty_register_driver(driver);
    driver->flags |= TTY_DRIVER_INSTALLED;
    return 0;

err:
    for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
        tty_unregister_device(driver, i);

    mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
    list_del(&driver->tty_drivers);
    mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);

    unregister_chrdev_region(dev, driver->num);
    driver->ttys = NULL;
    driver->termios = NULL;
    kfree(p);
    return error;
}

EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_register_driver);