[PATCH] serial: 8250_dw: Clean up register macros and error handling

From: Artem Shimko

Date: Fri Apr 24 2026 - 17:05:42 EST


Align register offset definitions for DW_UART_USR, DW_UART_DMASA,
OCTEON_UART_USR, RZN1_UART_TDMACR and RZN1_UART_RDMACR to improve
readability. Replace raw shift with FIELD_PREP() and GENMASK() for
RZN1_UART_xDMACR burst field definitions — this documents that the
field occupies bits [2:1] and prevents accidental overflow when new
burst values are added.

Simplify ENXIO handling in dw8250_probe(): instead of explicitly
zeroing 'err' and then checking it, use a single conditional that
allows -ENXIO (no interrupt, fall back to polling) while treating
any other error as fatal. No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Artem Shimko <a.shimko.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Hi,

This small cleanup patch addresses a few minor style and robustness
issues I noticed while working with the driver.

Thank you.

--
Regards,
Artem

drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c | 21 ++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
index 94beadb4024d..3e7b79154d9d 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@
#include "8250_dwlib.h"

/* Offsets for the DesignWare specific registers */
-#define DW_UART_USR 0x1f /* UART Status Register */
-#define DW_UART_DMASA 0xa8 /* DMA Software Ack */
+#define DW_UART_USR 0x1f /* UART Status Register */
+#define DW_UART_DMASA 0xa8 /* DMA Software Ack */

-#define OCTEON_UART_USR 0x27 /* UART Status Register */
+#define OCTEON_UART_USR 0x27 /* UART Status Register */

-#define RZN1_UART_TDMACR 0x10c /* DMA Control Register Transmit Mode */
-#define RZN1_UART_RDMACR 0x110 /* DMA Control Register Receive Mode */
+#define RZN1_UART_TDMACR 0x10c /* DMA Control Register Transmit Mode */
+#define RZN1_UART_RDMACR 0x110 /* DMA Control Register Receive Mode */

/* DesignWare specific register fields */
#define DW_UART_IIR_IID GENMASK(3, 0)
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@

/* Renesas specific register fields */
#define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_DMA_EN BIT(0)
-#define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_1_WORD_BURST (0 << 1)
-#define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_4_WORD_BURST (1 << 1)
-#define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_8_WORD_BURST (2 << 1)
+#define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_BURST_MASK GENMASK(2, 1)
+#define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_1_WORD_BURST FIELD_PREP(RZN1_UART_xDMACR_BURST_MASK, 0)
+#define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_4_WORD_BURST FIELD_PREP(RZN1_UART_xDMACR_BURST_MASK, 1)
+#define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_8_WORD_BURST FIELD_PREP(RZN1_UART_xDMACR_BURST_MASK, 2)
#define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_BLK_SZ(x) ((x) << 3)

/* Quirks */
@@ -729,9 +730,7 @@ static int dw8250_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

err = uart_read_port_properties(p);
/* no interrupt -> fall back to polling */
- if (err == -ENXIO)
- err = 0;
- if (err)
+ if (err && err != -ENXIO)
return err;

switch (p->iotype) {
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2.43.0