[PATCH] serial: pl011: Resend the character if FIFO is full in debug uart

[Stefan Roese]

On 18.07.21 10:36, Chen Baozi wrote:
> pl01x_putc() might return -EAGAIN if there was no space in FIFO. In that
> case, high-level caller should wait until there is space and resend the
> character.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Baozi <chenbaozi at phytium.com.cn>
> ---
>   drivers/serial/serial_pl01x.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/serial/serial_pl01x.c b/drivers/serial/serial_pl01x.c
> index 76b96ad414..17b26aed81 100644
> --- a/drivers/serial/serial_pl01x.c
> +++ b/drivers/serial/serial_pl01x.c
> @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static inline void _debug_uart_putc(int ch)
>   {
>   	struct pl01x_regs *regs = (struct pl01x_regs *)CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE;
>   
> -	pl01x_putc(regs, ch);
> +	while (pl01x_putc(regs, ch) == -EAGAIN);

I just recently also stumbled over this problem, that this serial driver
did "swallow" many char's in the early debug stage.

Coding style is a bit non-optimal though IMHO. Please move the ";" into
the next newline instead.

Other than that:

Reviewed-by: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de>

Thanks,
Stefan