From 97d303b7657c1a45c158d002f829ff69196c493d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 11:40:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] serial: 8250: Don't delay after transmitter is ready.
The loop in wait_for_xmitr() is delaying one extra uS after the ready
condition has been met. Rewrite the loop to only delay if the
transmitter is not ready.
Signed-off-by: David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
drivers/serial/8250.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/serial/8250.c b/drivers/serial/8250.c
index 24110f6f61e0..31b8cca179cd 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/8250.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/8250.c
@@ -1867,15 +1867,17 @@ static void wait_for_xmitr(struct uart_8250_port *up, int bits)
unsigned int status, tmout = 10000;
/* Wait up to 10ms for the character(s) to be sent. */
- do {
+ for (;;) {
status = serial_in(up, UART_LSR);
up->lsr_saved_flags |= status & LSR_SAVE_FLAGS;
+ if ((status & bits) == bits)
+ break;
if (--tmout == 0)
break;
udelay(1);
- } while ((status & bits) != bits);
+ }
/* Wait up to 1s for flow control if necessary */
if (up->port.flags & UPF_CONS_FLOW) {