Hi Peter,
2015-10-27 22:54 GMT+09:00 Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Masahiro,
>
> On 10/24/2015 12:17 AM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c | 12 ------------
>> 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c
>> index 7aff3d8..559b681 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c
>> @@ -99,20 +99,8 @@ 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);
>
> This wait_for_xmitr() change needs to be in patch 2/2.
>
Why?
We no longer restore the IER.
We no longer have to wait here, either.
--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
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