Re: please help backporting some patches to stable release 21.11.7

[Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>]

On 08/04/2024 02:48, Chaoyong He wrote:
>> Hi commit authors (and maintainers),
>>
>> Despite being selected by the DPDK maintenance tool ./devtools/git-log-
>> fixes.sh I didn't apply following commits from DPDK main to 21.11 stable
>> branch, as conflicts or build errors occur.
>>
>> Can authors check your patches in the following list and either:
>>     - Backport your patches to the 21.11 branch, or
>>     - Indicate that the patch should not be backported
>>
>> Please do either of the above by 04/11/24.
>>
>> You can find the a temporary work-in-progress branch of the coming 21.11.7
>> release at:
>>     https://github.com/kevintraynor/dpdk-stable
>> It is recommended to backport on top of that to minimize further conflicts or
>> misunderstandings.
>>
>> Some notes on stable backports:
>>
>> A backport should contain a reference to the DPDK main branch commit in it's
>> commit message in the following fashion:
>>     [ upstream commit <commit's dpdk main branch SHA-1 checksum> ]
>>
>> For example:
>>     https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-
>> stable/commit/?h=18.11&id=d90e6ae6f936ecdc2fd3811ff9f26aec7f3c06eb
>>
>> When sending the backported patch, please indicate the target branch in the
>> subject line, as we have multiple branches, for example:
>>     [PATCH 21.11] foo/bar: fix baz
>>
>> With git format-patch, this can be achieved by appending the parameter:
>>     --subject-prefix='PATCH 21.11'
>>
>> Send the backported patch to "stable@dpdk.org" but not "dev@dpdk.org".
>>
>> FYI, branch 21.11 is located at tree:
>>    https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-stable
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>> ---

<snip>
> 
>> 8b8f116b19  Chaoyong He      net/nfp: fix resource leak for CoreNIC firmware
>> 66d5f53d3e  Chaoyong He      net/nfp: fix resource leak for exit of CoreNIC
>> firmware
>> a256a1227d  Chaoyong He      net/nfp: fix resource leak for exit of flower
>> firmware
>> 7c596721ae  Chaoyong He      net/nfp: fix resource leak for flower firmware
>> a7904d1c6b  Chaoyong He      net/nfp: fix resource leak for VF
> 
> Need not backport, thanks.
> 

Thanks Chaoyong, removed from the failed to apply list.