Since neither echo_commit nor echo_tail can change for the duration of __process_echoes loop, substitute index comparison for the snapshot counter. Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 9 +-------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c index 4a2da9e..e689026 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c +++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c @@ -655,8 +655,7 @@ static size_t __process_echoes(struct tty_struct *tty) old_space = space = tty_write_room(tty); tail = ldata->echo_tail; - nr = ldata->echo_commit - ldata->echo_tail; - while (nr > 0) { + while (ldata->echo_commit != tail) { c = echo_buf(ldata, tail); if (c == ECHO_OP_START) { unsigned char op; @@ -700,20 +699,17 @@ static size_t __process_echoes(struct tty_struct *tty) ldata->column--; } tail += 3; - nr -= 3; break; case ECHO_OP_SET_CANON_COL: ldata->canon_column = ldata->column; tail += 2; - nr -= 2; break; case ECHO_OP_MOVE_BACK_COL: if (ldata->column > 0) ldata->column--; tail += 2; - nr -= 2; break; case ECHO_OP_START: @@ -726,7 +722,6 @@ static size_t __process_echoes(struct tty_struct *tty) ldata->column++; space--; tail += 2; - nr -= 2; break; default: @@ -748,7 +743,6 @@ static size_t __process_echoes(struct tty_struct *tty) ldata->column += 2; space -= 2; tail += 2; - nr -= 2; } if (no_space_left) @@ -766,7 +760,6 @@ static size_t __process_echoes(struct tty_struct *tty) space -= 1; } tail += 1; - nr -= 1; } } -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html