We'll use it in following commit.

Note the bonus: stop use blind strcpy().

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@yandex-team.ru>
---
 chardev/char-pty.c | 19 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chardev/char-pty.c b/chardev/char-pty.c
index 9e26e97baf..a582aa7bc7 100644
--- a/chardev/char-pty.c
+++ b/chardev/char-pty.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct PtyChardev {
     int connected;
     GSource *timer_src;
     char *path;
+    char *pty_name;
 };
 typedef struct PtyChardev PtyChardev;
 
@@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ static void cfmakeraw (struct termios *termios_p)
 #endif
 
 /* like openpty() but also makes it raw; return master fd */
-static int qemu_openpty_raw(int *aslave, char *pty_name)
+static int qemu_openpty_raw(int *aslave, char **pty_name)
 {
     int amaster;
     struct termios tty;
@@ -324,9 +325,7 @@ static int qemu_openpty_raw(int *aslave, char *pty_name)
     cfmakeraw(&tty);
     tcsetattr(*aslave, TCSAFLUSH, &tty);
 
-    if (pty_name) {
-        strcpy(pty_name, q_ptsname(amaster));
-    }
+    *pty_name = g_strdup(q_ptsname(amaster));
 
     return amaster;
 }
@@ -335,11 +334,12 @@ static bool pty_chr_open(Chardev *chr, ChardevBackend *backend, Error **errp)
 {
     PtyChardev *s;
     int master_fd, slave_fd;
-    char pty_name[PATH_MAX];
     char *name;
     char *path = backend->u.pty.data->path;
 
-    master_fd = qemu_openpty_raw(&slave_fd, pty_name);
+    s = PTY_CHARDEV(chr);
+
+    master_fd = qemu_openpty_raw(&slave_fd, &s->pty_name);
     if (master_fd < 0) {
         error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to create PTY");
         return false;
@@ -351,11 +351,10 @@ static bool pty_chr_open(Chardev *chr, ChardevBackend *backend, Error **errp)
         return false;
     }
 
-    chr->filename = g_strdup_printf("pty:%s", pty_name);
+    chr->filename = g_strdup_printf("pty:%s", s->pty_name);
     qemu_printf("char device redirected to %s (label %s)\n",
-                pty_name, chr->label);
+                s->pty_name, chr->label);
 
-    s = PTY_CHARDEV(chr);
     s->ioc = QIO_CHANNEL(qio_channel_file_new_fd(master_fd));
     name = g_strdup_printf("chardev-pty-%s", chr->label);
     qio_channel_set_name(s->ioc, name);
@@ -364,7 +363,7 @@ static bool pty_chr_open(Chardev *chr, ChardevBackend *backend, Error **errp)
 
     /* create symbolic link */
     if (path) {
-        int res = symlink(pty_name, path);
+        int res = symlink(s->pty_name, path);
 
         if (res != 0) {
             error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to create PTY symlink");
-- 
2.48.1