[PATCH] i2c: designware: size the RX FIFO threshold to the queued transfer
From: Navon John Lukose
Date: Sat Sep 19 2026 - 19:27:17 EST
i2c_dw_xfer_msg() leaves DW_IC_RX_TL at the 0 that i2c_dw_configure_mode()
writes, so the controller raises RX_FULL once per received byte. Program
RX_TL from the reads already queued, capped at half the FIFO until the last
message is queued, so there is room for the rest.
On an Arrow Lake-H LPSS core with rx_fifo_depth 32, a 22-byte HID report
costs 2.00 interrupts instead of 21.43, and a 452-byte descriptor 0.14
interrupts per byte instead of 1.64. Mean HIDIOCGINPUT latency rises from
2522 to 3268 us; holding /dev/cpu_dma_latency at 0 removes 94% of that.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Navon John Lukose <navonjohnlukose@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Tested on my machine, a Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 14IAH10, and one controller, an
Intel LPSS core with rx_fifo_depth 32, where it has been the daily driver
for the past five days.
The half-FIFO cap matches DW_IC_TX_TL. Untested: a RECV_LEN continuation
longer than one byte, and cores with rx_fifo_depth below 4.
The two interrupts left on a short read are a TX_EMPTY that only runs the
state machine and one RX_FULL coalesced with STOP_DET.
psys power fell about 1.25 W in one run. It is out of the changelog because
the figure depends on how deep the platform idles.
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c
index a1bcc37..f4ad207 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ i2c_dw_xfer_msg(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
{
struct i2c_msg *msgs = dev->msgs;
u32 intr_mask;
- int tx_limit, rx_limit;
+ int tx_limit, rx_limit, rx_tl;
u32 buf_len = dev->tx_buf_len;
u8 *buf = dev->tx_buf;
bool need_restart = false;
@@ -484,6 +484,19 @@ i2c_dw_xfer_msg(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
if (dev->msg_err)
intr_mask = 0;
+ /*
+ * Size the RX FIFO threshold to the reads already queued, so the
+ * controller raises one RX_FULL for the whole burst instead of one per
+ * received byte. While messages remain to be queued, cap it so RX_FULL
+ * still arrives in time to drain the FIFO and let the next TX_EMPTY
+ * queue the rest.
+ */
+ rx_tl = dev->rx_outstanding;
+ if (dev->msg_write_idx < dev->msgs_num)
+ rx_tl = min_t(int, rx_tl, dev->rx_fifo_depth / 2);
+
+ regmap_write(dev->map, DW_IC_RX_TL, rx_tl ? rx_tl - 1 : 0);
+
__i2c_dw_write_intr_mask(dev, intr_mask);
}
--
2.55.0