Serial: Do not read IIR in serial8250_start_tx when UART_BUG_TXEN

Do not read IIR in serial8250_start_tx when UART_BUG_TXEN Reading the IIR clears some oustanding interrupts so it is not safe. Instead, simply transmit immediately if the buffer is empty without regard to IIR. Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Jiri Kosina <[email protected]> Cc: Alan Cox <[email protected]> Cc: stable <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
niw · Dec 11, 2009 · 68cb4f8 · 68cb4f8
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commit 68cb4f8
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 5 deletions.
diff --git a/drivers/serial/8250.c b/drivers/serial/8250.c
@@ -1339,14 +1339,12 @@ static void serial8250_start_tx(struct uart_port *port)
 		serial_out(up, UART_IER, up->ier);
 
 		if (up->bugs & UART_BUG_TXEN) {
-			unsigned char lsr, iir;
+			unsigned char lsr;
 			lsr = serial_in(up, UART_LSR);
 			up->lsr_saved_flags |= lsr & LSR_SAVE_FLAGS;
-			iir = serial_in(up, UART_IIR) & 0x0f;
 			if ((up->port.type == PORT_RM9000) ?
-				(lsr & UART_LSR_THRE &&
-				(iir == UART_IIR_NO_INT || iir == UART_IIR_THRI)) :
-				(lsr & UART_LSR_TEMT && iir & UART_IIR_NO_INT))
+				(lsr & UART_LSR_THRE) :
+				(lsr & UART_LSR_TEMT))
 				transmit_chars(up);
 		}
 	}