RE: please help backporting some patches to stable release 21.11.6

["Power, Ciara" <ciara.power@intel.com>]

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> From: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
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> Subject: please help backporting some patches to stable release 21.11.6
> 
> 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 12/12/23.
> 
> You can find the a temporary work-in-progress branch of the coming 21.11.6
> 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
> 
> ---
> 2e9863fbb6  Akhil Goyal      common/cnxk: fix different size bit operations
> 4f6f36ce23  Akhil Goyal      common/cnxk: fix leak in error path
> d2d7f0190b  Akhil Goyal      doc: fix code blocks in cryptodev guide
> 3dd3115078  Amit Prakash Shukla dma/cnxk: fix chunk buffer failure return
> code
> 95a955e3e0  Amit Prakash Shukla dma/cnxk: fix device reconfigure
> 63bf81a617  Anatoly Burakov  test: fix named test macro
> c5b531d6ee  Anoob Joseph     app/crypto-perf: fix session freeing
> 6df1bc6b3b  Ashwin Sekhar T K mempool/cnxk: avoid hang when counting
> batch allocs b3ddd649ad  Ashwin Sekhar T K mempool/cnxk: fix alloc from
> non-EAL threads
> 37ca457d3f  Bing Zhao        common/mlx5: fix obtaining IB device in LAG mode
> 2ece3b7186  Bing Zhao        net/mlx5: fix flow workspace double free in
> Windows
> 47a85dda3f  Ciara Power      crypto/openssl: fix memory leaks in asym session

Hi Kevin,

These fixes relate to Openssl 3 codepaths that didn't exist in 21.11.
Fix does not need backporting.

Thanks,
Ciara