@@ -616,6 +616,23 @@ struct uart_state {
/* number of characters left in xmit buffer before we ask for more */
#define WAKEUP_CHARS 256
+/**
+ * uart_xmit_advance - Advance xmit buffer and account Tx'ed chars
+ * @up: uart_port structure describing the port
+ * @chars: number of characters sent
+ *
+ * This function advances the tail of circular xmit buffer by the number of
+ * @chars transmitted and handles accounting of transmitted bytes (into
+ * @up's icount.tx).
+ */
+static inline void uart_xmit_advance(struct uart_port *up, unsigned int chars)
+{
+ struct circ_buf *xmit = &up->state->xmit;
+
+ xmit->tail = (xmit->tail + chars) & (UART_XMIT_SIZE - 1);
+ up->icount.tx += chars;
+}
+
struct module;
struct tty_driver;