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SubjectRE: [PATCH 27/36] tty: synclinkmp: Mark never checked 'readval' as __always_unused
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> >> And the loop can be turned into ndelay:
> >>
> >> /*
> >> * Force at least 170ns delay before clearing
> >> * reset bit. Each read from LCR takes at least
> >> * 30ns so 10 times for 300ns to be safe.
> >> */
> >> for(i=0;i<10;i++)
> >> readval = *MiscCtrl;
> >
> > Again, since I can't test this, I do not want this patch to contain
> > any functional changes. AFAIC, the 10 register reads must still
> > happen after this patch is applied.

You can't use ndelay(); the writes can get posted so can appear
much closer together by the time they get to the actual hardware.
Multiple volatile reads don't need a target variable.
(Shouldn't they also real readl()?)

Deleting the driver works...

David

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