spi: spi-imx: mx51_ecspi_prepare_message(): skip writing MX51_ECSPI_CONFIG register if unchanged

In mx51_ecspi_prepare_message() the MX51_ECSPI_CONFIG register is
setup for the current spi_message. After writing the register, there
is a delay to ensure that the changes hit the hardware.

This patch checks if the register MX51_ECSPI_CONFIG actually needs to
be changed. If the register content is unchanged the function is left
early, skipping the write to the hardware and the delay. This leads to
a small, but measurable performance increase. For a given workload
with small transfers on an imx6 single core the CPU load decreases
from 30% to ~27%.

Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <[email protected]>

Author: marckleinebudde

drivers/spi/spi-imx.c

@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ static int mx51_ecspi_prepare_message(struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx,
 	u32 min_speed_hz = ~0U;
 	u32 testreg, delay;
 	u32 cfg = readl(spi_imx->base + MX51_ECSPI_CONFIG);
+	u32 current_cfg = cfg;
 
 	/* set Master or Slave mode */
 	if (spi_imx->slave_mode)
@@ -572,6 +573,9 @@ static int mx51_ecspi_prepare_message(struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx,
 	else
 		cfg &= ~MX51_ECSPI_CONFIG_SSBPOL(spi->chip_select);
 
+	if (cfg == current_cfg)
+		return 0;
+
 	writel(cfg, spi_imx->base + MX51_ECSPI_CONFIG);
 
 	/*