Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next] ixgbe: clean up adaptive interrupt moderation algorithm

[Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 08:30:37AM +0100, Aleksandr Loktionov wrote:
> From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
> 
> Improve the adaptive interrupt throttle (ITR) algorithm in several ways:
> 
>  - Lower IXGBE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_MAX_USECS from 126 to 84 us (12K interrupts/s
>    minimum in bulk mode) to prevent RX starvation in full-blown bulk
>    scenarios.
> 
>  - Add ixgbe_container_is_rx() helper to split the Rx vs Tx logic in
>    ixgbe_update_itr(); Rx uses a latency-favouring path for small bursts
>    (< 24 packets and < 12112 bytes), targeting 8x throughput growth per
>    step.
> 
>  - Limit the ITR decrease in latency mode to at most 2 us per update so
>    ACK workloads do not overdrive the moderation and starve TCP senders.
> 
>  - Add IXGBE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_MASK_USECS (= IXGBE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_LATENCY - 1
>    = 0x7F) to mask out the mode flag bit 7 in ixgbe_set_itr(), replacing
>    the open-coded ~IXGBE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_LATENCY.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>

This patch is doing 4 things.
Please split it up.

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