Calling tty_flip_buffer_push() for each individual received character is overkill. Move it out of the rx loop, and only call it once per set of characters received together. Signed-off-by: Gabriel Somlo <gsomlo@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/liteuart.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/liteuart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/liteuart.c index 047d5ad32e13..ff3486860989 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/liteuart.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/liteuart.c @@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ static void liteuart_timer(struct timer_list *t) /* no overflow bits in status */ if (!(uart_handle_sysrq_char(port, ch))) uart_insert_char(port, status, 0, ch, flg); - - tty_flip_buffer_push(&port->state->port); } + tty_flip_buffer_push(&port->state->port); + mod_timer(&uart->timer, jiffies + uart_poll_timeout(port)); } -- 2.37.3