[PATCH v1 3/6] serial: 8250: Make uart_match_port() a 8250 specific function
From: Uwe Kleine-König
Date: Fri Jul 31 2026 - 05:40:20 EST
The 8250 driver conglomerate is the only user of this function and in
fact it already is 8250 specific as it uses hub6_match_port() which is
defined in drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_hub6.c unless the dummy
implementation is in use.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/driver-api/serial/driver.rst | 2 +-
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++-
drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 27 ----------------------
include/linux/serial_core.h | 2 --
4 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/serial/driver.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/driver.rst
index c1db6a1a67c4..975b0ba53e98 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/serial/driver.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/driver.rst
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Other functions
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
:identifiers: uart_update_timeout uart_get_baud_rate uart_get_divisor
- uart_match_port uart_write_wakeup uart_register_driver
+ uart_write_wakeup uart_register_driver
uart_unregister_driver uart_suspend_port uart_resume_port
uart_add_one_port uart_remove_one_port uart_console_write
uart_parse_earlycon uart_parse_options uart_set_options
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
index c0e8a4efbdcc..6059b84d8364 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
@@ -630,6 +630,31 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(serial8250_resume_port);
*/
static DEFINE_MUTEX(serial_mutex);
+/**
+ * serial8250_match_port - are the two ports equivalent?
+ * @port1: first port
+ * @port2: second port
+ *
+ * This utility function can be used to determine whether two uart_port
+ * structures describe the same port.
+ */
+static bool serial8250_match_port(const struct uart_port *port1,
+ const struct uart_port *port2)
+{
+ if (port1->iotype != port2->iotype)
+ return false;
+ else if (port1->iotype == UPIO_PORT)
+ return port1->iobase == port2->iobase;
+ else if (port1->iotype == UPIO_HUB6)
+ return hub6_match_port(port1, port2);
+ else if (uart_iotype_mmio(port1->iotype))
+ return port1->mapbase == port2->mapbase;
+ else if (port1->iotype == UPIO_BUS)
+ return true;
+ else
+ return false;
+}
+
static struct uart_8250_port *serial8250_find_match_or_unused(const struct uart_port *port)
{
int i;
@@ -638,7 +663,7 @@ static struct uart_8250_port *serial8250_find_match_or_unused(const struct uart_
* First, find a port entry which matches.
*/
for (i = 0; i < nr_uarts; i++)
- if (uart_match_port(&serial8250_ports[i].port, port))
+ if (serial8250_match_port(&serial8250_ports[i].port, port))
return &serial8250_ports[i];
/* try line number first if still available */
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index edd1e7be2a5c..8a6c53a9996e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include "serial_base.h"
-#include "8250/8250.h" /* For hub6_match_port() */
/*
* This is used to lock changes in serial line configuration.
@@ -3229,32 +3228,6 @@ static void serial_core_remove_one_port(struct uart_driver *drv,
state->uart_port = NULL;
}
-/**
- * uart_match_port - are the two ports equivalent?
- * @port1: first port
- * @port2: second port
- *
- * This utility function can be used to determine whether two uart_port
- * structures describe the same port.
- */
-bool uart_match_port(const struct uart_port *port1,
- const struct uart_port *port2)
-{
- if (port1->iotype != port2->iotype)
- return false;
- else if (port1->iotype == UPIO_PORT)
- return port1->iobase == port2->iobase;
- else if (port1->iotype == UPIO_HUB6)
- return hub6_match_port(port1, port2);
- else if (uart_iotype_mmio(port1->iotype))
- return port1->mapbase == port2->mapbase;
- else if (port1->iotype == UPIO_BUS)
- return true;
- else
- return false;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(uart_match_port);
-
static struct serial_ctrl_device *
serial_core_get_ctrl_dev(struct serial_port_device *port_dev)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/serial_core.h b/include/linux/serial_core.h
index c4cc4f66af4b..1659805e2233 100644
--- a/include/linux/serial_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/serial_core.h
@@ -1137,8 +1137,6 @@ int uart_add_one_port(struct uart_driver *reg, struct uart_port *port);
void uart_remove_one_port(struct uart_driver *reg, struct uart_port *port);
int uart_read_port_properties(struct uart_port *port);
int uart_read_and_validate_port_properties(struct uart_port *port);
-bool uart_match_port(const struct uart_port *port1,
- const struct uart_port *port2);
/*
* Power Management
--
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