[RFC PATCH v2 1/1] netdev: add netdev_queue_set_dql_min_limit()

[Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr>]

Add a function to set the dynamic queue limit minimum value.

This function is to be used by network drivers which are able to
prove, at least through empirical tests on several environment (with
other applications, heavy context switching, virtualization...), that
they constantly reach better performances with a specific predefined
dql.min_limit value with no noticeable latency impact.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr>
---

 include/linux/netdevice.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index ddf4cfc12615..7fceea9a202d 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3389,6 +3389,23 @@ netif_xmit_frozen_or_drv_stopped(const struct netdev_queue *dev_queue)
 	return dev_queue->state & QUEUE_STATE_DRV_XOFF_OR_FROZEN;
 }
 
+/**
+ *	netdev_queue_set_dql_min_limit - set dql minimum limit
+ *	@dev_queue: pointer to transmit queue
+ *	@min_limit: dql minimum limit
+ *
+ * Forces xmit_more() to return true until the minimum threshold
+ * defined by @min_limit is reached. Warning: to be use with care,
+ * misuse will impact the latency.
+ */
+static inline void netdev_queue_set_dql_min_limit(struct netdev_queue *q,
+						  unsigned int min_limit)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_BQL
+	q->dql.min_limit = min_limit;
+#endif
+}
+
 /**
  *	netdev_txq_bql_enqueue_prefetchw - prefetch bql data for write
  *	@dev_queue: pointer to transmit queue
-- 
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