The IER has already been masked in early_serial8250_setup(), there is no reason to save and restore it every time early_serial8250_write() is called. Let wait_for_xmitr() melt into serial_putc(). Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c | 20 ++------------------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c index 7aff3d8..19aca19 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c @@ -76,21 +76,17 @@ static void __init serial8250_early_out(struct uart_port *port, int offset, int #define BOTH_EMPTY (UART_LSR_TEMT | UART_LSR_THRE) -static void __init wait_for_xmitr(struct uart_port *port) +static void __init serial_putc(struct uart_port *port, int c) { unsigned int status; for (;;) { status = serial8250_early_in(port, UART_LSR); if ((status & BOTH_EMPTY) == BOTH_EMPTY) - return; + break; cpu_relax(); } -} -static void __init serial_putc(struct uart_port *port, int c) -{ - wait_for_xmitr(port); serial8250_early_out(port, UART_TX, c); } @@ -99,20 +95,8 @@ static void __init early_serial8250_write(struct console *console, { struct earlycon_device *device = console->data; struct uart_port *port = &device->port; - unsigned int ier; - - /* Save the IER and disable interrupts preserving the UUE bit */ - ier = serial8250_early_in(port, UART_IER); - if (ier) - serial8250_early_out(port, UART_IER, ier & UART_IER_UUE); uart_console_write(port, s, count, serial_putc); - - /* Wait for transmitter to become empty and restore the IER */ - wait_for_xmitr(port); - - if (ier) - serial8250_early_out(port, UART_IER, ier); } static void __init init_port(struct earlycon_device *device) -- 1.9.1 -- 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