Use fifo8_is_empty() and fifo8_is_full() to improve readability of the
code.

Signed-off-by: Bernhard Beschow <shentey@gmail.com>
---
 hw/char/serial.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/char/serial.c b/hw/char/serial.c
index 0f2e79dfba..20f68fd2f8 100644
--- a/hw/char/serial.c
+++ b/hw/char/serial.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static void serial_xmit(SerialState *s)
             if (s->fcr & UART_FCR_FE) {
                 assert(!fifo8_is_empty(&s->xmit_fifo));
                 s->tsr = fifo8_pop(&s->xmit_fifo);
-                if (!s->xmit_fifo.num) {
+                if (fifo8_is_empty(&s->xmit_fifo)) {
                     s->lsr |= UART_LSR_THRE;
                 }
             } else {
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ static uint64_t serial_ioport_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned size)
             if(s->fcr & UART_FCR_FE) {
                 ret = fifo8_is_empty(&s->recv_fifo) ?
                             0 : fifo8_pop(&s->recv_fifo);
-                if (s->recv_fifo.num == 0) {
+                if (fifo8_is_empty(&s->recv_fifo)) {
                     s->lsr &= ~(UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI);
                 } else {
                     timer_mod(s->fifo_timeout_timer, qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL) + s->char_transmit_time * 4);
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static uint64_t serial_ioport_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned size)
 static int serial_can_receive(SerialState *s)
 {
     if(s->fcr & UART_FCR_FE) {
-        if (s->recv_fifo.num < UART_FIFO_LENGTH) {
+        if (!fifo8_is_full(&s->recv_fifo)) {
             /*
              * Advertise (fifo.itl - fifo.count) bytes when count < ITL, and 1
              * if above. If UART_FIFO_LENGTH - fifo.count is advertised the
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ static void serial_receive_break(SerialState *s)
 /* There's data in recv_fifo and s->rbr has not been read for 4 char transmit times */
 static void fifo_timeout_int (void *opaque) {
     SerialState *s = opaque;
-    if (s->recv_fifo.num) {
+    if (!fifo8_is_empty(&s->recv_fifo)) {
         s->timeout_ipending = 1;
         serial_update_irq(s);
     }
-- 
2.53.0

On Mon, 2 Mar 2026 at 22:03, Bernhard Beschow <shentey@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Use fifo8_is_empty() and fifo8_is_full() to improve readability of the
> code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bernhard Beschow <shentey@gmail.com>
> ---
>  hw/char/serial.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

thanks
-- PMM