linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/5] serial: pl011: Avoid assumptions about buffer size when refilling TX DMA

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Message-ID: <545CD3CF.4070901@arm.com>
Date:	Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:14:39 +0000
From:	Andrew Jackson <Andrew.Jackson@....com>
To:	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] serial: pl011: Avoid assumptions about buffer size when
 refilling TX DMA


The existing code assumed that PL011_DMA_BUFFER_SIZE == UART_XMIT_SIZE,
which may not always be the case.  This allows for these two being
different sizes and not copying too much data.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Jackson <Andrew.Jackson@....com>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c |    6 +++++-
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
index a285196..d8d067a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
@@ -501,7 +501,11 @@ static int pl011_dma_tx_refill(struct uart_amba_port *uap)
 		memcpy(&dmatx->buf[0], &xmit->buf[xmit->tail], count);
 	else {
 		size_t first = UART_XMIT_SIZE - xmit->tail;
-		size_t second = xmit->head;
+		size_t second;
+
+		if (first > count)
+			first = count;
+		second = count - first;
 
 		memcpy(&dmatx->buf[0], &xmit->buf[xmit->tail], first);
 		if (second)
-- 
1.7.1

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