This series introduces uart_port_tx() + uart_port_tx_limited() TX helpers. See PATCH 8/10 for the details. Comments welcome. First the series performs simple cleanups, so that the later patches are easier to follow. Then it switches drivers to use them. First, to uart_port_tx() in 9/10 and then uart_port_tx_limited() in 10/10. The diffstat of patches 9+10 is as follows: 26 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 740 deletions(-) which appears to be nice. Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Jiri Slaby (10): tty: serial: move and cleanup vt8500_tx_empty() tty: serial: clean up stop-tx part in altera_uart_tx_chars() tty: serial: altera_uart_{r,t}x_chars() need only uart_port tty: serial: extract lqasc_tx_ready() from lqasc_tx_chars() tty: serial: extract tx_ready() from __serial_lpc32xx_tx() tty: serial: switch mpc52xx_uart_int_{r,t}x_chars() to bool tty: serial: extract serial_omap_put_char() from transmit_chars() tty: serial: introduce transmit helpers tty: serial: use uart_port_tx() helper tty: serial: use uart_port_tx_limited() Documentation/driver-api/serial/driver.rst | 3 + drivers/tty/serial/21285.c | 32 ++------- drivers/tty/serial/altera_jtaguart.c | 40 +++-------- drivers/tty/serial/altera_uart.c | 41 +++-------- drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl010.c | 32 ++------- drivers/tty/serial/apbuart.c | 34 ++------- drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c | 28 ++------ drivers/tty/serial/bcm63xx_uart.c | 47 +++---------- drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c | 30 ++------ drivers/tty/serial/lantiq.c | 44 +++--------- drivers/tty/serial/lpc32xx_hs.c | 39 +++-------- drivers/tty/serial/mcf.c | 28 ++------ drivers/tty/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c | 49 +++---------- drivers/tty/serial/mps2-uart.c | 26 ++----- drivers/tty/serial/mux.c | 45 ++++-------- drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c | 38 ++-------- drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c | 32 +++------ drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c | 46 ++++--------- drivers/tty/serial/owl-uart.c | 32 ++------- drivers/tty/serial/pxa.c | 33 ++------- drivers/tty/serial/rp2.c | 31 ++------- drivers/tty/serial/sa1100.c | 34 ++------- drivers/tty/serial/serial_txx9.c | 32 ++------- drivers/tty/serial/sifive.c | 31 ++------- drivers/tty/serial/sprd_serial.c | 33 ++------- drivers/tty/serial/st-asc.c | 48 ++----------- drivers/tty/serial/vt8500_serial.c | 41 +++-------- include/linux/serial_core.h | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 28 files changed, 264 insertions(+), 765 deletions(-) -- 2.37.3