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i40e/i40evf: adjust interrupt throttle less frequently
authorJesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Mon, 28 Sep 2015 18:16:54 +0000 (14:16 -0400)
committerChuck Anderson <chuck.anderson@oracle.com>
Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:33:01 +0000 (08:33 -0800)
commitb9e54dbf7303bc050e98daaed35e3456529620f5
tree010625f246e0d1925e70ce57032ca4ccec61ecec
parenta733e27695c7193a070ef74f1a842b4cef1f122a
i40e/i40evf: adjust interrupt throttle less frequently

Orabug: 22342532

The adaptive ITR (interrupt throttle rate) algorithm was adjusting
the hardware's interrupt rate too frequently.  This caused a lot
of variation in the interrupt rate for fairly constant workloads.

Change the code to have a counter and adjust only once every N
number of interrupts.

Change-ID: I0460f1f86571037484eca5aca36ac4d889cb8389
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 ee2319cf17ee64bbd0096f2f8f3f8390c93b1e39)
Signed-off-by: Brian Maly <brian.maly@oracle.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c