Re: [PATCH 4/4] serial: 8250_dw: Rework ->serial_out() LCR write retry logic

From: Ilpo Järvinen
Date: Wed Jun 29 2022 - 04:47:47 EST


On Tue, 28 Jun 2022, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 3:43 PM Ilpo Järvinen
> <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Currently dw8250_verify_write() (was dw8250_check_lcr()) nullifies the
> > benefit from differentiated ->serial_out() by having big if tree to
> > select correct write type.
> >
> > Rework the logic such that the LCR write can be retried within the
> > relevant ->serial_out() handler:
> > 1. Move retries counter on the caller level and pass as pointer to
> > dw8250_verify_write()
> > 2. Make dw8250_verify_write() return bool
> > 3. Retry the write on caller level (if needed)
>
> I'm wondering if it's possible to utilize one of iopoll.h macro here
> instead of copying retries and that not-so-obvious IO poll write.

Eh, are you suggesting I should do write as a side-effect inside one of
the iopoll.h macros? Because those available seem to only read?

Or should I create another macro there which writes too?


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i.