Re: please help backporting some patches to stable release 21.11.6

[Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>]

On 16/11/2023 13:33, Kevin Traynor 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 11/23/23.
> 
> 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
> 

Please ignore for now. I will re-send a list when I investigate why 
there is at least one commit that should not be there.