[PATCH v3 6/7] i2c: qcom-cci: Add burst read support

From: Loic Poulain

Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 04:06:39 EST


CCI_I2C_READ transfers are currently limited by max_read_len to the
amount of data that fits in the read FIFO, as the driver only drains
the FIFO once after receiving RD_DONE. On current hardware this limits
reads to at most 254 bytes.

CCI v1.7 and later support reads larger than the FIFO depth by
generating RD_THRESHOLD interrupts as the FIFO fills, allowing software
to drain data while the transfer is still in progress. When the FIFO
becomes full, the hardware can also apply backpressure by stretching
SCL and reports this condition through RD_PAUSE_IRQ.

Program CCI_I2C_Mm_RD_THRESHOLD to half the FIFO depth on hardware that
supports RD_THRESHOLD and update the read path to drain the FIFO on
each threshold interrupt until the final RD_DONE event is received.

Older hardware revisions do not support RD_THRESHOLD, keep their read
size limited to the FIFO depth and continue relying solely on RD_DONE
for completion.

Also emit a warning when RD_PAUSE_IRQ is observed, as FIFO backpressure
is unexpected under normal conditions and may indicate that software is
not draining the FIFO quickly enough.

Signed-off-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-cci.c | 173 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 151 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-cci.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-cci.c
index 18cfe03439e204691a9ea873f67faeaa119b45ff..280d34b54dde6c505ff627ed35fbbd392b6f7c25 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-cci.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-cci.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
#include <linux/pm_opp.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>

#define CCI_HW_VERSION 0x0
#define CCI_HW_VERSION_MAJOR_MASK GENMASK(31, 28)
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@

#define CCI_I2C_Mm_READ_DATA(m) (0x118 + 0x100 * (m))
#define CCI_I2C_Mm_READ_BUF_LEVEL(m) (0x11c + 0x100 * (m))
+#define CCI_I2C_Mm_RD_THRESHOLD(m) (0x120 + 0x100 * (m))
#define CCI_I2C_Mm_Qn_EXEC_WORD_CNT(m, n) (0x300 + 0x200 * (m) + 0x100 * (n))
#define CCI_I2C_Mm_Qn_CUR_WORD_CNT(m, n) (0x304 + 0x200 * (m) + 0x100 * (n))
#define CCI_I2C_Mm_Qn_CUR_CMD(m, n) (0x308 + 0x200 * (m) + 0x100 * (n))
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@
#define CCI_IRQ_CLEAR_0 0xc08
#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0 0xc0c
#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M0_RD_DONE BIT(0)
+#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M0_RD_UNDERFLOW BIT(1)
#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M0_Q0_REPORT BIT(4)
#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M0_Q0_UNDERFLOW BIT(5)
#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M0_Q0_OVERFLOW BIT(6)
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@
#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M0_Q1_UNDERFLOW BIT(9)
#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M0_Q1_OVERFLOW BIT(10)
#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M1_RD_DONE BIT(12)
+#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M1_RD_UNDERFLOW BIT(13)
#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M1_Q0_REPORT BIT(16)
#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M1_Q0_UNDERFLOW BIT(17)
#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M1_Q0_OVERFLOW BIT(18)
@@ -81,6 +85,18 @@
#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M0_ERROR 0x18000ee6
#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M1_ERROR 0x60ee6000

+#define CCI_IRQ_MASK_1 0xc10
+#define CCI_IRQ_MASK_1_I2C_M0_RD_THRESHOLD BIT(16)
+#define CCI_IRQ_MASK_1_I2C_M0_RD_PAUSE BIT(17)
+#define CCI_IRQ_MASK_1_I2C_M1_RD_THRESHOLD BIT(20)
+#define CCI_IRQ_MASK_1_I2C_M1_RD_PAUSE BIT(21)
+#define CCI_IRQ_CLEAR_1 0xc14
+#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_1 0xc18
+#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_1_I2C_M0_RD_THRESHOLD BIT(16)
+#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_1_I2C_M0_RD_PAUSE BIT(17)
+#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_1_I2C_M1_RD_THRESHOLD BIT(20)
+#define CCI_IRQ_STATUS_1_I2C_M1_RD_PAUSE BIT(21)
+
#define CCI_TIMEOUT (msecs_to_jiffies(100))
#define NUM_MASTERS 2
#define NUM_QUEUES 2
@@ -108,6 +124,9 @@
/* The first and last bytes are reserved - not payload */
#define CCI_I2C_READ_MAX_LEN(fsize) ((fsize) - 2)

+/* Unlimited read via threshold-irq support */
+#define CCI_I2C_READ_BURST_NOLIMIT 0
+
enum {
I2C_MODE_STANDARD,
I2C_MODE_FAST,
@@ -169,16 +188,52 @@ struct cci {
int nclocks;
struct clk *cci_clk;
struct cci_master master[NUM_MASTERS];
+ /* Protects read-modify-write access to CCI_IRQ_MASK_1 */
+ spinlock_t threshold_lock;
};

+static bool cci_has_threshold_irq(const struct cci *cci)
+{
+ return cci->data->quirks.max_read_len == CCI_I2C_READ_BURST_NOLIMIT;
+}
+
+static void cci_set_rd_threshold_irq(struct cci *cci, u16 master, bool enable)
+{
+ u32 bits, val;
+
+ if (!cci_has_threshold_irq(cci))
+ return;
+
+ guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&cci->threshold_lock);
+
+ bits = master ? CCI_IRQ_MASK_1_I2C_M1_RD_THRESHOLD :
+ CCI_IRQ_MASK_1_I2C_M0_RD_THRESHOLD;
+
+ writel(bits, cci->base + CCI_IRQ_CLEAR_1);
+
+ val = readl(cci->base + CCI_IRQ_MASK_1);
+ if (enable)
+ val |= bits;
+ else
+ val &= ~bits;
+
+ writel(val, cci->base + CCI_IRQ_MASK_1);
+}
+
static irqreturn_t cci_isr(int irq, void *dev)
{
struct cci *cci = dev;
- u32 val, reset = 0;
+ u32 val, val1 = 0, reset = 0;
int ret = IRQ_NONE;

val = readl(cci->base + CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0);
writel(val, cci->base + CCI_IRQ_CLEAR_0);
+
+ if (cci_has_threshold_irq(cci)) {
+ val1 = readl(cci->base + CCI_IRQ_STATUS_1);
+ writel(val1, cci->base + CCI_IRQ_CLEAR_1);
+ }
+
writel(0x1, cci->base + CCI_IRQ_GLOBAL_CLEAR_CMD);

if (val & CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_RST_DONE_ACK) {
@@ -204,6 +259,28 @@ static irqreturn_t cci_isr(int irq, void *dev)
ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
}

+ if (val1 & CCI_IRQ_STATUS_1_I2C_M0_RD_THRESHOLD) {
+ cci_set_rd_threshold_irq(cci, 0, false);
+ complete(&cci->master[0].irq_complete);
+ ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
+ }
+
+ if (val1 & CCI_IRQ_STATUS_1_I2C_M1_RD_THRESHOLD) {
+ cci_set_rd_threshold_irq(cci, 1, false);
+ complete(&cci->master[1].irq_complete);
+ ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
+ }
+
+ if (val1 & CCI_IRQ_STATUS_1_I2C_M0_RD_PAUSE) {
+ dev_warn_ratelimited(cci->dev, "master 0 read paused (fifo full)\n");
+ ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
+ }
+
+ if (val1 & CCI_IRQ_STATUS_1_I2C_M1_RD_PAUSE) {
+ dev_warn_ratelimited(cci->dev, "master 1 read paused (fifo full)\n");
+ ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
+ }
+
if (unlikely(val & CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M0_Q0Q1_HALT_ACK)) {
reset |= CCI_RESET_CMD_M0_MASK;
ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
@@ -232,6 +309,8 @@ static irqreturn_t cci_isr(int irq, void *dev)
dev_warn_ratelimited(cci->dev, "master 0 queue 1 overflow\n");
if (val & CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M0_Q1_UNDERFLOW)
dev_warn_ratelimited(cci->dev, "master 0 queue 1 underflow\n");
+ if (val & CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M0_RD_UNDERFLOW)
+ dev_warn_ratelimited(cci->dev, "master 0 FIFO read underflow\n");

writel(CCI_HALT_REQ_I2C_M0_Q0Q1, cci->base + CCI_HALT_REQ);
ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
@@ -252,6 +331,8 @@ static irqreturn_t cci_isr(int irq, void *dev)
dev_warn_ratelimited(cci->dev, "master 1 queue 1 overflow\n");
if (val & CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M1_Q1_UNDERFLOW)
dev_warn_ratelimited(cci->dev, "master 1 queue 1 underflow\n");
+ if (val & CCI_IRQ_STATUS_0_I2C_M1_RD_UNDERFLOW)
+ dev_warn_ratelimited(cci->dev, "master 1 FIFO read underflow\n");

writel(CCI_HALT_REQ_I2C_M1_Q0Q1, cci->base + CCI_HALT_REQ);
ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
@@ -391,6 +472,14 @@ static int cci_init(struct cci *cci)

writel(val, cci->base + CCI_IRQ_MASK_0);

+ val = 0;
+
+ if (cci_has_threshold_irq(cci))
+ val |= CCI_IRQ_MASK_1_I2C_M0_RD_PAUSE | CCI_IRQ_MASK_1_I2C_M1_RD_PAUSE;
+
+ if (val)
+ writel(val, cci->base + CCI_IRQ_MASK_1);
+
for (i = 0; i < cci->num_masters; i++) {
int mode = cci->master[i].mode;
const struct hw_params *hw;
@@ -419,6 +508,18 @@ static int cci_init(struct cci *cci)

val = hw->scl_stretch_en << 8 | hw->trdhld << 4 | hw->tsp;
writel(val, cci->base + CCI_I2C_Mm_MISC_CTL(i));
+
+ if (cci_has_threshold_irq(cci)) {
+ /* Hardware supporting the RD_THRESHOLD interrupt provides a minimum FIFO
+ * depth of 64 words, with the threshold reset to the full FIFO size by
+ * default. Configure the threshold to half the FIFO depth to allow burst
+ * reads while maintaining sufficient headroom to drain the FIFO before it
+ * fills up.
+ */
+ val = readl(cci->base + CCI_I2C_Mm_RD_THRESHOLD(i));
+ val = max_t(u32, val, 64);
+ writel(val / 2, cci->base + CCI_I2C_Mm_RD_THRESHOLD(i));
+ }
}

return 0;
@@ -481,13 +582,20 @@ static int cci_validate_queue(struct cci *cci, u8 master, u8 queue)
return cci_run_queue(cci, master, queue);
}

+static void cci_clear_status(struct cci *cci, u16 master)
+{
+ cci->master[master].status = 0;
+}
+
static int cci_i2c_read(struct cci *cci, u16 master,
u16 addr, u8 *buf, u16 len)
{
- u32 val, words_read, words_exp;
+ u32 val, words_read;
u8 queue = QUEUE_1;
int i, index = 0, ret;

+ cci_clear_status(cci, master);
+
/*
* Call validate queue to make sure queue is empty before starting.
* This is to avoid overflow / underflow of queue.
@@ -502,27 +610,46 @@ static int cci_i2c_read(struct cci *cci, u16 master,
val = CCI_I2C_READ | len << 4;
writel(val, cci->base + CCI_I2C_Mm_Qn_LOAD_DATA(master, queue));

- ret = cci_run_queue(cci, master, queue);
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
+ val = readl(cci->base + CCI_I2C_Mm_Qn_CUR_WORD_CNT(master, queue));
+ writel(val, cci->base + CCI_I2C_Mm_Qn_EXEC_WORD_CNT(master, queue));

- words_read = readl(cci->base + CCI_I2C_Mm_READ_BUF_LEVEL(master));
- words_exp = len / 4 + 1;
- if (words_read != words_exp) {
- dev_err(cci->dev, "words read = %d, words expected = %d\n",
- words_read, words_exp);
- return -EIO;
- }
+ reinit_completion(&cci->master[master].irq_complete);
+
+ cci_set_rd_threshold_irq(cci, master, true);
+
+ val = BIT(master * 2 + queue);
+ writel(val, cci->base + CCI_QUEUE_START);
+
+ /*
+ * Hardware supporting RD_THRESHOLD can handle reads larger than the FIFO size.
+ * The FIFO is drained each time an RD_THRESHOLD interrupt is received, until
+ * the final RD_DONE interrupt completes the transfer.
+ * On hardware lacking RD_THRESHOLD support, reads are limited to the FIFO
+ * size and only one completion (RD_DONE interrupt) is expected.
+ */
+ while (index < len) {
+ if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&cci->master[master].irq_complete,
+ CCI_TIMEOUT)) {
+ dev_err(cci->dev, "master %d queue %d read timeout\n",
+ master, queue);
+ cci_reset(cci);
+ return -ETIMEDOUT;
+ }
+
+ if (cci->master[master].status)
+ return cci->master[master].status;

- /* The first byte of the read is the slave ID echo, not payload */
- val = readl_relaxed(cci->base + CCI_I2C_Mm_READ_DATA(master));
- for (i = 1; i < 4 && index < len; i++)
- buf[index++] = (val >> (i * 8)) & 0xff;
+ words_read = readl(cci->base + CCI_I2C_Mm_READ_BUF_LEVEL(master));

- while (--words_read) {
- val = readl_relaxed(cci->base + CCI_I2C_Mm_READ_DATA(master));
- for (i = 0; i < 4 && index < len; i++)
- buf[index++] = (val >> (i * 8)) & 0xff;
+ while (words_read--) {
+ val = readl_relaxed(cci->base + CCI_I2C_Mm_READ_DATA(master));
+ /* The first byte of the read is the slave ID echo, not payload */
+ for (i = (index == 0) ? 1 : 0; i < 4 && index < len; i++)
+ buf[index++] = (val >> (i * 8)) & 0xff;
+ }
+
+ if (index < len)
+ cci_set_rd_threshold_irq(cci, master, true);
}

return 0;
@@ -755,7 +882,7 @@ static const struct cci_data cci_hw_catalog[] = {
.queue_size = { 128, 32 },
.quirks = {
.max_write_len = CCI_I2C_BURST_MAX_LEN(128),
- .max_read_len = CCI_I2C_READ_MAX_LEN(256),
+ .max_read_len = CCI_I2C_READ_BURST_NOLIMIT,
},
},
{
@@ -764,7 +891,7 @@ static const struct cci_data cci_hw_catalog[] = {
.queue_size = { 1024, 32 },
.quirks = {
.max_write_len = CCI_I2C_BURST_MAX_LEN(1024),
- .max_read_len = CCI_I2C_READ_MAX_LEN(256),
+ .max_read_len = CCI_I2C_READ_BURST_NOLIMIT,
},
},
};
@@ -811,6 +938,8 @@ static int cci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
cci->dev = dev;
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, cci);

+ spin_lock_init(&cci->threshold_lock);
+
for_each_available_child_of_node(dev->of_node, child) {
struct cci_master *master;
u32 idx;

--
2.34.1