}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_port_tty_set);
 
+static void tty_port_shutdown(struct tty_port *port)
+{
+       if (port->ops->shutdown &&
+               test_and_clear_bit(ASYNC_INITIALIZED, &port->flags))
+                       port->ops->shutdown(port);
+
+}
+
 /**
  *     tty_port_hangup         -       hangup helper
  *     @port: tty port
        port->tty = NULL;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
        wake_up_interruptible(&port->open_wait);
+       tty_port_shutdown(port);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_port_hangup);
 
 
        if (port->count) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
+               if (port->ops->drop)
+                       port->ops->drop(port);
                return 0;
        }
-       port->flags |= ASYNC_CLOSING;
+       set_bit(ASYNC_CLOSING, &port->flags);
        tty->closing = 1;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
        /* Don't block on a stalled port, just pull the chain */
        if (tty->flow_stopped)
                tty_driver_flush_buffer(tty);
-       if (port->flags & ASYNC_INITIALIZED &&
+       if (test_bit(ASYNCB_INITIALIZED, &port->flags) &&
                        port->closing_wait != ASYNC_CLOSING_WAIT_NONE)
                tty_wait_until_sent(tty, port->closing_wait);
        if (port->drain_delay) {
                        timeout = 2 * HZ;
                schedule_timeout_interruptible(timeout);
        }
+       /* Don't call port->drop for the last reference. Callers will want
+          to drop the last active reference in ->shutdown() or the tty
+          shutdown path */
        return 1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_port_close_start);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_port_close_end);
+
+void tty_port_close(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty,
+                                                       struct file *filp)
+{
+       if (tty_port_close_start(port, tty, filp) == 0)
+               return;
+       tty_port_shutdown(port);
+       tty_port_close_end(port, tty);
+       tty_port_tty_set(port, NULL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_port_close);
 
 struct tty_port_operations {
        /* Return 1 if the carrier is raised */
        int (*carrier_raised)(struct tty_port *port);
+       /* Control the DTR line */
        void (*dtr_rts)(struct tty_port *port, int raise);
+       /* Called when the last close completes or a hangup finishes
+          IFF the port was initialized. Do not use to free resources */
+       void (*shutdown)(struct tty_port *port);
+       void (*drop)(struct tty_port *port);
 };
        
 struct tty_port {
 extern int tty_port_close_start(struct tty_port *port,
                                struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp);
 extern void tty_port_close_end(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty);
-
+extern void tty_port_close(struct tty_port *port,
+                               struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp);
 extern int tty_register_ldisc(int disc, struct tty_ldisc_ops *new_ldisc);
 extern int tty_unregister_ldisc(int disc);
 extern int tty_set_ldisc(struct tty_struct *tty, int ldisc);