doorbell only depends on xmit_more and netif_tx_queue_stopped()

Using __netdev_tx_sent_queue() avoids messing with BQL stop flag,
and is more generic.

This patch increases performance on GSO workload by keeping
doorbells to the minimum required.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com>
Cc: Tariq Toukan <tar...@mellanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index 
1857ee0f0871d48285a6d3711f7c3e9a1e08a05f..6f5153afcab4dfc331c099da854c54f1b9500887
 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,6 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct 
net_device *dev)
                ring->packets++;
        }
        ring->bytes += tx_info->nr_bytes;
-       netdev_tx_sent_queue(ring->tx_queue, tx_info->nr_bytes);
        AVG_PERF_COUNTER(priv->pstats.tx_pktsz_avg, skb->len);
 
        if (tx_info->inl)
@@ -1044,7 +1043,10 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct 
net_device *dev)
                netif_tx_stop_queue(ring->tx_queue);
                ring->queue_stopped++;
        }
-       send_doorbell = !skb->xmit_more || netif_xmit_stopped(ring->tx_queue);
+
+       send_doorbell = __netdev_tx_sent_queue(ring->tx_queue,
+                                              tx_info->nr_bytes,
+                                              skb->xmit_more);
 
        real_size = (real_size / 16) & 0x3f;
 
-- 
2.19.1.930.g4563a0d9d0-goog

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