i40e/i40evf: refactor tx timeout logic
Orabug:
22342532
This patch modifies the driver timeout logic by issuing a writeback
request via a software interrupt to the hardware the first time the
driver detects a hang. The driver was too aggressive in resetting a hung
queue, so back that off by removing logic to down the netdevice after
too many hangs, and move the function to the service task.
Change-ID: Ife100b9d124cd08cbdb81ab659008c1b9abbedea
Signed-off-by: Kiran Patil <kiran.patil@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
(cherry picked from commit
b03a8c1f4c0c6f95f5addaf4a13dd3aa118c3c1a)
Signed-off-by: Brian Maly <brian.maly@oracle.com>