netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] tsnep: Throttle interrupts

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Date:   Fri, 18 Nov 2022 17:24:21 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Gerhard Engleder <gerhard@...leder-embedded.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] tsnep: Throttle interrupts

On Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:14:37 +0100 Gerhard Engleder wrote:
> Without interrupt throttling, iperf server mode generates a CPU load of
> 100% (A53 1.2GHz). Also the throughput suffers with less than 900Mbit/s
> on a 1Gbit/s link. The reason is a high interrupt load with interrupts
> every ~20us.
> 
> Reduce interrupt load by throttling of interrupts. Interrupt delay is
> configured statically to 64us. For iperf server mode the CPU load is
> significantly reduced to ~20% and the throughput reaches the maximum of
> 941MBit/s. Interrupts are generated every ~140us.

User should be able to control these settings, please implement
ethtool::get_coalesce / set_coalesce.