linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 05/13] HID: ft260: improve i2c large reads performance

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Date:   Sat,  5 Nov 2022 23:11:43 +0200
From:   Michael Zaidman <michael.zaidman@...il.com>
To:     jikos@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, Enrik.Berkhan@...a.de,
        Michael Zaidman <michael.zaidman@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 05/13] HID: ft260: improve i2c large reads performance

The patch increases the read buffer size to 180 bytes. It reduces
the number of ft260_i2c_read() calls by three, improving the big
reads performance.

$ sudo i2ctransfer -y -f 13 w2@...1 0x0 0x0 r180

Before:

[  +4.071878] ft260_i2c_write_read: off 0x0 rlen 180 wlen 2
[  +0.000005] ft260_i2c_write: rep 0xd0 addr 0x51 off 0 len 2 wlen 2 flag 0x2 d[0] 0x0
[  +0.001097] ft260_xfer_status: bus_status 0x41, clock 100
[  +0.000175] ft260_xfer_status: bus_status 0x40, clock 100
[  +0.000004] ft260_i2c_read: rep 0xc2 addr 0x51 len 180 rlen 60 flag 0x3
[  +0.008579] ft260_raw_event: i2c resp: rep 0xde len 60
[  +0.000208] ft260_xfer_status: bus_status 0x40, clock 100
[  +0.000001] ft260_i2c_read: rep 0xc2 addr 0x51 len 120 rlen 60 flag 0x0
[  +0.008794] ft260_raw_event: i2c resp: rep 0xde len 60
[  +0.000181] ft260_xfer_status: bus_status 0x40, clock 100
[  +0.000002] ft260_i2c_read: rep 0xc2 addr 0x51 len 60 rlen 60 flag 0x4
[  +0.008817] ft260_raw_event: i2c resp: rep 0xde len 60
[  +0.000223] ft260_xfer_status: bus_status 0x20, clock 100

After:

[ +11.611642] ft260_i2c_write_read: off 0x0 rlen 180 wlen 2
[  +0.000005] ft260_i2c_write: rep 0xd0 addr 0x51 off 0 len 2 wlen 2 flag 0x2 d[0] 0x0
[  +0.008001] ft260_xfer_status: bus_status 0x20, clock 100
[  +0.000001] ft260_i2c_read: rep 0xc2 addr 0x51 len 180 rlen 180 flag 0x7
[  +0.008994] ft260_raw_event: i2c resp: rep 0xde len 60
[  +0.007987] ft260_raw_event: i2c resp: rep 0xde len 60
[  +0.007992] ft260_raw_event: i2c resp: rep 0xde len 60
[  +0.000206] ft260_xfer_status: bus_status 0x20, clock 100

Suggested-by: Enrik Berkhan <Enrik.Berkhan@...a.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Zaidman <michael.zaidman@...il.com>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c b/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c
index a354089bb747..91f9087e49dc 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c
@@ -30,12 +30,19 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Toggle FT260 debugging messages");
 
 #define FT260_REPORT_MAX_LENGTH (64)
 #define FT260_I2C_DATA_REPORT_ID(len) (FT260_I2C_REPORT_MIN + (len - 1) / 4)
+
 /*
- * The input report format assigns 62 bytes for the data payload, but ft260
- * returns 60 and 2 in two separate transactions. To minimize transfer time
- * in reading chunks mode, set the maximum read payload length to 60 bytes.
- */
-#define FT260_RD_DATA_MAX (60)
+ * The ft260 input report format defines 62 bytes for the data payload, but
+ * when requested 62 bytes, the controller returns 60 and 2 in separate input
+ * reports. To achieve better performance with the multi-report read data
+ * transfers, we set the maximum read payload length to a multiple of 60.
+ * With a 100 kHz I2C clock, one 240 bytes read takes about 1/27 second,
+ * which is excessive; On the other hand, some higher layer drivers like at24
+ * or optoe limit the i2c reads to 128 bytes. To not block other drivers out
+ * of I2C for potentially troublesome amounts of time, we select the maximum
+ * read payload length to be 180 bytes.
+*/
+#define FT260_RD_DATA_MAX (180)
 #define FT260_WR_DATA_MAX (60)
 
 /*
-- 
2.34.1