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hselasky
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2016-06-03T09:03:44.763918Z
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MFC r300277:
Implement TX completion event interleaving.

This patch implements a sysctl which allows setting a factor, N, for
how many work queue elements can be generated before requiring a
completion event. When a completion event happens the code simulates N
completion events instead of only one. When draining a transmit queue,
N-1 NOPs are transmitted at most, to force generation of the final
completion event.  Further a timer is running every HZ ticks to flush
any remaining data off the transmit queue when the tx_completion_fact
> 1.

The goal of this feature is to reduce the PCI bandwidth needed when
transmitting data.

Sponsored by:	Mellanox Technologies
Tested by:	Netflix

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