RE: please help backporting some patches to stable release 22.11.6

["Du, Frank" <frank.du@intel.com>]

Hi,

Ok, so please not backport this XDP commit. It's fine as most XDP PMD user is likely to use the latest version.

Thanks,
Frank

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 6:30 PM
> To: Du, Frank <frank.du@intel.com>
> Cc: dpdk stable <stable@dpdk.org>
> Subject: Re: please help backporting some patches to stable release 22.11.6
> 
> Hi,
> 
> That mempool patch introduces a new API, so it is not appropriate for
> backporting. If you need this bug fix in 22.11.6, then a 22.11.x specific patch is
> needed for it, that doesn't change the library API.
> 
> On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 at 03:44, Du, Frank <frank.du@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Luca,
> >
> > For this one:
> > 97039941b2  Frank Du         net/af_xdp: parse UMEM map info from mempool
> >
> > It depends on another mempool patch:
> >
> https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk/commit/2f1015d8d56d32465cc260faf469950
> ebb
> > 9cf73b
> >
> > I guess it can pass the build if the dependency patch is cherry-picked also.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Frank
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: luca.boccassi@gmail.com <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2024 11:33 PM
> > > To: dpdk stable <stable@dpdk.org>
> > > Cc: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Chaoyong He
> > > <chaoyong.he@corigine.com>; Loftus, Ciara <ciara.loftus@intel.com>;
> > > Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>; Du, Frank <frank.du@intel.com>;
> > > Stokes, Ian <ian.stokes@intel.com>; Keller, Jacob E
> > > <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>; Laatz, Kevin <kevin.laatz@intel.com>;
> > > Kiran Kumar K <kirankumark@marvell.com>; Long Wu
> > > <long.wu@corigine.com>; Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>;
> > > Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@corigine.com>; Nithin Dabilpuram
> > > <ndabilpuram@marvell.com>; Stillwell Jr, Paul M
> > > <paul.m.stillwell.jr@intel.com>; Peng Zhang
> > > <peng.zhang@corigine.com>; Yang, Qiming <qiming.yang@intel.com>;
> > > Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>; Rahul Bhansali
> > > <rbhansali@marvell.com>; Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>; Satha Rao
> > > <skoteshwar@marvell.com>; Satheesh Paul <psatheesh@marvell.com>;
> > > Sunil Kumar Kori <skori@marvell.com>; Xiaolong Ye
> > > <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>
> > > Subject: please help backporting some patches to stable release
> > > 22.11.6
> > >
> > > 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 22.11 stable branch, as conflicts or build errors occur.
> > >
> > > Can authors check your patches in the following list and either:
> > >     - Backport your patches to the 22.11 branch, or
> > >     - Indicate that the patch should not be backported
> > >
> > > Please do either of the above by 07/22/24.
> > >
> > > You can find the a temporary work-in-progress branch of the coming
> > > 22.11.6 release at:
> > >     https://github.com/bluca/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 22.11] foo/bar: fix baz
> > >
> > > With git format-patch, this can be achieved by appending the parameter:
> > >     --subject-prefix='PATCH 22.11'
> > >
> > > Send the backported patch to "stable@dpdk.org" but not "dev@dpdk.org".
> > >
> > > FYI, branch 22.11 is located at tree:
> > >    https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-stable
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Luca Boccassi
> > >
> > > ---
> > > 97039941b2  Frank Du         net/af_xdp: parse UMEM map info from
> mempool
> > > ab1bb0c402  Peng Zhang       net/nfp: add check for numbers of VF
> representor
> > > port
> > > fde2a1cb34  Rahul Bhansali   net/cnxk: postpone disabling NPC Rx and
> MCAM