No need to check hardware buffers when we know that the software buffers are non-empty. Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <jhovold@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
@@ -2098,6 +2098,8 @@ static int ftdi_chars_in_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
int ret;
chars = usb_serial_generic_chars_in_buffer(tty);
+ if (chars)
+ return chars;
/* Check hardware buffer */
switch (priv->chip_type) {