[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, 2 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/serial/amba-pl011.c b/drivers/serial/amba-pl011.c
index d5cbef3fe8b6..7db88ee18f75 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/amba-pl011.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/amba-pl011.c
@@ -163,18 +163,8 @@ pl011_rx_chars(struct uart_amba_port *uap)
                 if (uart_handle_sysrq_char(&uap->port, ch, regs))
                         goto ignore_char;
 
-                if ((rsr & uap->port.ignore_status_mask) == 0) {
-                        tty_insert_flip_char(tty, ch, flag);
-                }
-                if ((rsr & UART01x_RSR_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(&uap->port, rsr, UART01x_RSR_OE, ch, flag);
+
         ignore_char:
                 status = readw(uap->port.membase + UART01x_FR);
         }