net/mlx5e: Add support to klm_umr_wqe

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This commit adds the needed definitions for using the klm_umr_wqe.
UMR stands for user-mode memory registration, is a mechanism to alter
address translation properties of MKEY by posting WorkQueueElement
aka WQE on send queue.
MKEY stands for memory key, MKEY are used to describe a region in memory that
can be later used by HW.
KLM stands for {Key, Length, MemVa}, KLM_MKEY is indirect MKEY that enables
to map multiple memory spaces with different sizes in unified MKEY.
klm_umr_wqe is a UMR that use to update a KLM_MKEY.
SHAMPO feature uses KLM_MKEY for memory registration of his header buffer.

Signed-off-by: Ben Ben-Ishay <benishay@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>

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Ben Ben-Ishay 2020-07-14 14:40:32 +03:00 • committed by Saeed Mahameed

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drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h

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include/linux/mlx5/device.h

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