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Message-ID: <d3d11a43cb597936d325344e93defa0c1e80d6c7.1742376675.git.fthain@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:31:15 +1100
From: Finn Thain <fthain@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc: linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
    linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] m68k: Avoid pointless recursion in debug console
 rendering

The recursive call to console_putc to effect a carriage return is
needlessly slow and complicated. Instead, just clear the column counter
directly. Setup %a0 earlier to avoid a repeated comparison.

Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@...ux-m68k.org>
---
 arch/m68k/kernel/head.S | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/head.S b/arch/m68k/kernel/head.S
index d0d77b1adbde..bf7fa344cd3a 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/head.S
@@ -3533,19 +3533,16 @@ func_start	console_putc,%a0/%a1/%d0-%d7
 	tstl	%pc@(L(console_font))
 	jeq	L(console_exit)
 
+	lea	%pc@(L(console_globals)),%a0
+
 	/* Output character in d7 on console.
 	 */
 	movel	ARG1,%d7
 	cmpib	#'\n',%d7
-	jbne	1f
+	jne	L(console_not_lf)
 
-	/* A little safe recursion is good for the soul */
-	console_putc	#'\r'
-1:
-	lea	%pc@(L(console_globals)),%a0
+	clrl	%a0@(Lconsole_struct_cur_column)	/* implicit \r */
 
-	cmpib	#10,%d7
-	jne	L(console_not_lf)
 	movel	%a0@(Lconsole_struct_cur_row),%d0
 	movel	%a0@(Lconsole_struct_num_rows),%d1
 	cmpl	%d1,%d0
-- 
2.45.3


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