From: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>
To: "Thomas Monjalon" <thomas@monjalon.net>,
"Gaëtan Rivet" <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>
Cc: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
"stable@dpdk.org" <stable@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2 4/4] net/failsafe: fix removed device handling
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 10:40:40 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <HE1PR0502MB365978CF4CCA601A22568BA5D20A0@HE1PR0502MB3659.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <302650745.DN0YeEHu4l@xps>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas@monjalon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 7:09 PM
> To: Gaëtan Rivet <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>; Matan Azrad
> <matan@mellanox.com>
> Cc: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>; dev@dpdk.org;
> stable@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] net/failsafe: fix removed device handling
>
> 13/12/2017 17:09, Gaëtan Rivet:
> > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 03:48:46PM +0000, Matan Azrad wrote:
> > > From: Gaëtan Rivet [mailto:gaetan.rivet@6wind.com]
> > > > > Fixes: a46f8d5 ("net/failsafe: add fail-safe PMD")
> > > > > Fixes: b737a1e ("net/failsafe: support flow API")
> > > > > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > This patch is not a fix.
> > > > It relies on an eth_dev API evolution. Without this evolution,
> > > > this patch is meaningless and would break compilation if backported in
> stable branch.
> > > >
> > >
> > > It is a fix because the bug is finally solved by this patch.
> > > I agree that it cannot be backported itself, but maybe all the series should
> be backported.
> > > Other idea:
> > > Add new patch which documents the bug and backport it.
> > > Remove it in this patch and remove cc stable from it.
> > > What do you think?
> > >
> >
> > I think you could write a crude version that would not rely on the
> > ethdev evolution (checking sdev->remove only), which would be
> > incomplete but still better than nothing.
> > And why not in this patch document the issue.
> > Without any dependency outside failsafe, this could be backported.
> >
> > Then complete the fix with the API evolution if the new devops is
> > accepted.
>
> I think it is not worth the effort.
> It is a limitation in earlier releases and will be properly fixed with the new op.
> Please just remove the Cc:stable@dpdk.org.
OK.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-14 10:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <1509637324-13525-1-git-send-email-matan@mellanox.com>
2017-11-02 15:42 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 1/3] net/failsafe: fix removal handling lack Matan Azrad
2017-11-06 8:19 ` Gaëtan Rivet
[not found] ` <1513175370-16583-1-git-send-email-matan@mellanox.com>
2017-12-13 14:29 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2 4/4] net/failsafe: fix removed device handling Matan Azrad
2017-12-13 15:16 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-12-13 15:48 ` Matan Azrad
2017-12-13 16:09 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-12-13 17:09 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-12-14 10:40 ` Matan Azrad [this message]
2017-12-13 21:55 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-12-14 10:40 ` Matan Azrad
2017-12-14 10:48 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-12-14 13:07 ` Matan Azrad
2017-12-14 13:27 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-12-14 14:43 ` Matan Azrad
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