In a next change we are going to need the same Rx timeout condition as we already have in the IRQ handling code. Let's just create a boolean to clarify what this operation does before reusing it. There is no functional change. Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c index 2f4a818f787c..c27f32f67680 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c @@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ static int dw8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *p) struct uart_8250_port *up = up_to_u8250p(p); struct dw8250_data *d = to_dw8250_data(p->private_data); unsigned int iir = p->serial_in(p, UART_IIR); + bool rx_timeout = (iir & 0x3f) == UART_IIR_RX_TIMEOUT; unsigned int status; unsigned long flags; @@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ static int dw8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *p) * This problem has only been observed so far when not in DMA mode * so we limit the workaround only to non-DMA mode. */ - if (!up->dma && ((iir & 0x3f) == UART_IIR_RX_TIMEOUT)) { + if (!up->dma && rx_timeout) { spin_lock_irqsave(&p->lock, flags); status = p->serial_in(p, UART_LSR); -- 2.27.0