[PATCH] Serial: Add uart_insert_char()

Add uart_insert_char(), which handles inserting characters into the
flip buffer.  This helper function handles the correct semantics
for handling overrun in addition to inserting normal characters.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/serial/8250.c b/drivers/serial/8250.c
index 0d9358608fdf..3bbf0cc6e53f 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/8250.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/8250.c
@@ -1122,18 +1122,9 @@ receive_chars(struct uart_8250_port *up, int *status, struct pt_regs *regs)
                 }
                 if (uart_handle_sysrq_char(&up->port, ch, regs))
                         goto ignore_char;
-                if ((lsr & up->port.ignore_status_mask) == 0) {
-                        tty_insert_flip_char(tty, ch, flag);
-                }
-                if ((lsr & UART_LSR_OE) &&
-                    tty->flip.count < TTY_FLIPBUF_SIZE) {
-                        /*
-                         * Overrun is special, since it's reported
-                         * immediately, and doesn't affect the current
-                         * character.
-                         */
-                        tty_insert_flip_char(tty, 0, TTY_OVERRUN);
-                }
+
+                uart_insert_char(&up->port, lsr, UART_LSR_OE, ch, flag);
+
         ignore_char:
                 lsr = serial_inp(up, UART_LSR);
         } while ((lsr & UART_LSR_DR) && (max_count-- > 0));