linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/18] serial: sc16is7xx: remove obsolete loop in sc16is7xx_port

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Message-ID: <ZYMLK1yXFCsGlzoP@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:41:31 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Hugo Villeneuve <hugo@...ovil.com>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, jirislaby@...nel.org, jringle@...dpoint.com,
	kubakici@...pl, phil@...pberrypi.org, bo.svangard@...eddedart.se,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@...onoff.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/18] serial: sc16is7xx: remove obsolete loop in
 sc16is7xx_port_irq()

On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 12:18:47PM -0500, Hugo Villeneuve wrote:
> From: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@...onoff.com>
> 
> Commit 834449872105 ("sc16is7xx: Fix for multi-channel stall") changed
> sc16is7xx_port_irq() from looping multiple times when there was still
> interrupts to serve. It simply changed the do {} while(1) loop to a
> do {} while(0) loop, which makes the loop itself now obsolete.
> 
> Clean the code by removing this obsolete do {} while(0) loop.

I'm just wondering if you used --histogram diff algo when prepared the patches.
If no, use that by default.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko