While initiating TX, only the register reads need to be ordered. The register write order either is achieved due to data dependency or is not required. Use readl to achieve the read order and remove the unnecessary barrier. Signed-off-by: Karthikeyan Ramasubramanian <kramasub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c index 018ba21..b0b1aa3 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c @@ -417,20 +417,18 @@ static void qcom_geni_serial_start_tx(struct uart_port *uport) u32 status; if (port->xfer_mode == GENI_SE_FIFO) { - status = readl_relaxed(uport->membase + SE_GENI_STATUS); + /* + * readl ensures reading & writing of IRQ_EN register + * is not re-ordered before checking the status of the + * Serial Engine. + */ + status = readl(uport->membase + SE_GENI_STATUS); if (status & M_GENI_CMD_ACTIVE) return; if (!qcom_geni_serial_tx_empty(uport)) return; - /* - * Ensure writing to IRQ_EN & watermark registers are not - * re-ordered before checking the status of the Serial - * Engine and TX FIFO - */ - mb(); - irq_en = readl_relaxed(uport->membase + SE_GENI_M_IRQ_EN); irq_en |= M_TX_FIFO_WATERMARK_EN | M_CMD_DONE_EN; @@ -894,7 +892,7 @@ static void qcom_geni_serial_set_termios(struct uart_port *uport, static unsigned int qcom_geni_serial_tx_empty(struct uart_port *uport) { - return !readl_relaxed(uport->membase + SE_GENI_TX_FIFO_STATUS); + return !readl(uport->membase + SE_GENI_TX_FIFO_STATUS); } #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_QCOM_GENI_CONSOLE -- Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project -- 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