From b544cf2ffe99f8f0dade46d5b4efdb10f16f756c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 23:39:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [ld2410] Batch UART reads to reduce loop overhead

---
 esphome/components/ld2410/ld2410.cpp | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/ld2410/ld2410.cpp b/esphome/components/ld2410/ld2410.cpp
index 5294f7cd36..ab193919b4 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ld2410/ld2410.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/ld2410/ld2410.cpp
@@ -275,8 +275,23 @@ void LD2410Component::restart_and_read_all_info() {
 }
 
 void LD2410Component::loop() {
-  while (this->available()) {
-    this->readline_(this->read());
+  int avail = this->available();
+  if (avail == 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Read all available bytes in batches to reduce UART call overhead.
+  uint8_t buf[MAX_LINE_LENGTH];
+  while (avail > 0) {
+    size_t to_read = std::min(static_cast<size_t>(avail), sizeof(buf));
+    if (!this->read_array(buf, to_read)) {
+      break;
+    }
+    avail -= to_read;
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < to_read; i++) {
+      this->readline_(buf[i]);
+    }
   }
 }